Part of that is probably because I've worked with a few Nigerians over the years and his style of writing was similar to their style of speech. Made it seem authentic rather than just a copy of a Western style of writing which wouldn't have fitted.
*MySmiley*
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
What are your reading plans for February?
- 01/02/2010 12:00:15 AM
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Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
- 01/02/2010 12:03:42 AM
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Good luck with the Achebe. I found his style terrible. *NM*
- 01/02/2010 02:37:29 AM
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I enjoyed his style.
- 01/02/2010 12:07:07 PM
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The English Patient. The White Tiger. Mythago Wood. The Price of Spring. The New Weird. And...
- 01/02/2010 06:37:41 AM
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I'm working my way through the Loremasters of Elundium by Mike Jefferies
- 03/02/2010 10:55:40 PM
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So far:
- 12/02/2010 04:15:12 PM
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Yay!
- 22/02/2010 01:05:32 PM
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- 22/02/2010 01:05:32 PM
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and I picked it up solely due to your glowing recommendation on this board
- 22/02/2010 03:29:56 PM
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- 22/02/2010 03:29:56 PM
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*NM*