Song for Night (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Song for Night Sunday, August 2 2009.

• Part Inferno , part Paradise Lost , and part Sunjiata epic , 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 land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut; a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. Written in a ghostly voice, each chapter is headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Song for Night Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Christopher Abani: (Primary Author)