I’m Carlos Battaglini and I left everything to become a writer. Here you will find posts about my curious life in Liberia and other African countries. It is also where I immerse myself in the burning light of African literature through brutally honest book reviews. Welcome to your home and thanks for joining me on this adventure.
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They say that nobody ever saw that Spanish woman who worked for the embassy again.…
HE SPEAKS CALMLY, KEEPING THE SAME TONE OF VOICE THROUGHOUT. He moves his hands slowly,…
“NO. IT’S NOT MALARIA,” said Drazen, dripping, “it’s something else. Something cold that gets in…
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He always starts talking at about quarter past or half past seven in the middle…
It’s the brakes. A steel voice informs me that something is wrong with the brake…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that…
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Blue Clay People tells the story of William Powers, a North American aid worker in Liberia back in 1999. Powers lands in the African country as a member of the NGO Catholic…
He always starts talking at about quarter past or half past seven in the middle of UN Drive. Actually, he doesn’t talk, but rather screams, shouts, and quite often sings. I listen…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories…
Heart of Darkness narrates the story of a sailor named Marlow, who one day decides…
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Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown at any time, until the point that there was an attempted coup by Quiwonkpa, Doe’s former friend…
I KNOW RIGHT FROM THE START THAT JOKERS IS NOT MY KIND OF BAR. The moment I step foot out of the taxi, I can sense a certain carefreeness and self-confidence in…
