| Description |
144 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
"Part Inferno and part Paradise Lost, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a landmine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut, a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. The book is written in a ghostly voice, with each chapter headed by a line of the unique sign language these children have invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war."--Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Child soldiers -- Fiction.
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Mute persons -- Fiction.
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Children and war -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Western -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100671
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| Genre/Form |
War fiction.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781921372094 (paperback) |
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