A review by jiayuanc
Awu's Story: A Novel by Justine Mintsa

dark sad

3.5

I enjoyed the excellent English translation of this short novel. The introduction is very informative and I learned a lot about Gabonese history and about la francophonie. 

The novel itself has really wonderful prose. When I say it became quite difficult to read towards the end in part 3 I'm referring to the content, not the writing itself. Part 3's
widow ritual and brother "inheriting" the wife
was very hard to get through. I have marked it in the content warnings, so do familiarize those if you are planning to read this. 
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