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By night the mountain burns / Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel ; translated by Jethro Soutar.
By Night the Mountain Burns recounts the narrator's childhood on a remote island off the West African coast, living with his mysterious grandfather, several mothers and no fathers. We learn of a dark chapter in the island's history: a bush fire destroys the crops, then hundreds perish in a cholera outbreak. Superstition dominates, and the islanders must sacrifice their possessions to the enraged ocean god. What of their lives will they manage to save?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781908276414
- ISBN: 190827641X
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: London : & Other Stories, 2014.
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| Subject: | Islands > Fiction. Fire > Fiction. Cholera > Fiction. Superstition > Fiction. Cholera. Fire. Islands. Superstition. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Fiction. |
