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A review by hanntastic
The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk
4.0
Global Read 128: Mauritania
As far as I know I think this is the first and only book from Mauritania translated into English. It is a quick and easy read. Not easy in terms of subject matter, but just very readable. I do feel like maybe it was too quick/surface level. There was a lot more that I wanted to see developed. There was one major plot point that felt too serendipitous to me, but other than that I enjoyed it.
As far as I know I think this is the first and only book from Mauritania translated into English. It is a quick and easy read. Not easy in terms of subject matter, but just very readable. I do feel like maybe it was too quick/surface level. There was a lot more that I wanted to see developed. There was one major plot point that felt too serendipitous to me, but other than that I enjoyed it.