'Imprisoned for ten years for
his rage against society, activist and retired academic Prof resolves to live a
life of darkness after his release from prison. He holes up in his apartment,
pushing away friends and family, and embraces his status as an urban legend in
the neighbourhood until a knock at the door shakes his new existence. His new
visitor is Desire, an orphan and final year student, who has grown up idolising
Prof, following a fateful encounter in her hometown of Maroko as a child.
Tentatively, the two begin to form a bond, as she returns every night at 9pm to
see him. However, the darkness of the room becomes a steady torment, that
threatens to drive Desire away for good. A
Small Silence is an intimate and evocative debut that charges us to look
again at the alienating effects of trauma and the power of solitude and
darkness to ignite the imagination...'
The lady author is a great poet...a powerful writer
ReplyDeleteOne of Nigeria and Africa's distinguished female writers
ReplyDeleteI very much respect the author, no doubt she fell in love with books, writing etc from a very young age
ReplyDeleteI have not read the book, but it must be a very intellectual work, dazzling in intensity (considering the pedigree of the author, and the theme of the book)
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