![]() ![]() ![]() Liselle Belmont, our novel's central character, is enjoying a life of relative wealth. Alas, even if I wasn't a huge fan of Shafak's novel I still preferred her brand of satire to Asali Solomon's one. Both works are also characterized by an ironic tone, poking fun at the pretences of the upper/middle classes and highlighting just how hypocritical the characters they are writing of are. Like Shafak's novel The Days of Afrekete alternates between scenes set during the course of a dinner party and scenes exploring our main character's past, focusing in particular on her college experience. Structure and story-wise The Days of Afrekete shares far more, if not too much, in common with Elif Shafak's Three Daughters of Eve. Alas, The Days of Afrekete is not quite in the same league as Morrison's novel. ![]() What drew my attention to The Days of Afrekete was the comparison to Sula, a novel that, even years after reading it, I still think about. Bland observations about about schools, neighborhoods, and the words “kids” and “safe” and “family” tried to cover up a landscape of volcanos oozing with blood, pus, and shit.” “There was so much lying all the time, particularly when you got together with people who were not Black. ![]()
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