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A review by tsipi
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
3.0
The book is very well written, and yet I was disappointed. I choose to read books by women because for so many decades I was immersed in the masculine western canon, and only got to see the stories of women through men's eyes.
I was excited to read a book by a woman of color, taking place in Africa... But the entire story is about men and their lives, wants and needs, and the women are only the objects or catalysts of these.
Forna is clearly a very talented writer, but I wouldn't have read this book if I'd known in advance how women are presented in it.
I was excited to read a book by a woman of color, taking place in Africa... But the entire story is about men and their lives, wants and needs, and the women are only the objects or catalysts of these.
Forna is clearly a very talented writer, but I wouldn't have read this book if I'd known in advance how women are presented in it.