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audreyveronne 's review for:
Beyond the Door of No Return
by David Diop
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
This book was beautifully translated. It tells the story of a French botanist who travels to Senegal and meets a Senegalese woman who narrowly escaped becoming a slave. While it was a compelling story, it was curious to have it all told from the POV of the botanist. I think it may have been more interesting the other way round albeit a very different book. The last chapter, which I found refreshing, confirmed that.