Land of Many Colors and Nanna-YA by Maryse Condé

Land of Many Colors and Nanna-YA

Maryse Condé with Nicole Ball (Translator), Leyla Ezdinli (Contributor)

113 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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Land of Many Colors is set in the fictional city of Fort Pilote in the French Caribbean. It opens with the deaths of a young liberation activist and his mother in 1984. The narrator, a doctor who handles both of these cases, attempts to reconstruc...

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Community Reviews Summary of 11 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
challenging 66%
dark 66%
emotional 66%
informative 66%
hopeful 33%
sad 33%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Average rating

3.89

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