Arde el monte de noche
- ISBN
- 9781908276407
Arde el monte de noche is a fiction, general, africa, fiction book by Juan-Tomás Avila Laurel.
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"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?"--Page 4 of cover.
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Arde el monte de noche is a Fiction, general, Africa, fiction, Islands, Fire book.
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"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 ...
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Arde el monte de noche was written by Juan-Tomás Avila Laurel.