The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordinary shape-shifting prose that makes this not just an important novel, but a remarkable read.
I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted. - Aminatta Forna
I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.
- Aminatta Forna
All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth. - Aminatta Forna
All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. - Aminatta Forna
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly.
What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that. - Aminatta Forna
What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that.
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. - Aminatta Forna
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.
The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordina… - Aminatta Forna
The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordina…
If you want to know a country, read its writers. - Aminatta Forna
If you want to know a country, read its writers.
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