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A review by fishface
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
5.0
4.5 stars
Dust slowly reveals each facet of the past and its ties to the present in a way that enraptured me. Though at first I didn’t like the writing style, after the first few pages it became to add rather than detract to the rhythm of the story, short and fragmented sentences mixing with description to build up a narrative that stumbled then flew. Beautiful and terrible, the heat shimmering landscape of Wuoth Ogik is the perfect backdrop for this tale to play out.
Dust slowly reveals each facet of the past and its ties to the present in a way that enraptured me. Though at first I didn’t like the writing style, after the first few pages it became to add rather than detract to the rhythm of the story, short and fragmented sentences mixing with description to build up a narrative that stumbled then flew. Beautiful and terrible, the heat shimmering landscape of Wuoth Ogik is the perfect backdrop for this tale to play out.