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A review by wizurd101
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah
5.0
On one level I have read this character and this life before: a man alienated from his work in a bureaucratic system, lowkey hates his wife and kids/all women, "neutral"/passive personality used as a reference to more clearly see the weirdness of his society. But in this book I felt a genuine vigor and desire for change that I've never seen in anything else like this.
The language is fantastic. I'm thinking of the wood bannister, the stairs into the sea, and the wee scene.
Just 5 minutes of reading historical context completely changed the novel for me, so if you know very little about Ghana, Ghanaian independence or Nkrumah and his hopes for the nation (as I did) you should definitely read up.
All the reviews that say that they "couldn't get through it" are lame, because the book is beautiful and holds so much to think about. This guy is the only flaneur I've felt has a real motivation to be doing what he's doing. Lol.
The language is fantastic. I'm thinking of the wood bannister, the stairs into the sea, and the wee scene.
Just 5 minutes of reading historical context completely changed the novel for me, so if you know very little about Ghana, Ghanaian independence or Nkrumah and his hopes for the nation (as I did) you should definitely read up.
All the reviews that say that they "couldn't get through it" are lame, because the book is beautiful and holds so much to think about. This guy is the only flaneur I've felt has a real motivation to be doing what he's doing. Lol.