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Chargement... Tidespar Isidore Okpewho
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In Tides, Okpewho's third novel, the author raises several questions: where does one stand in a contest between personal interest and public good? Between ethnic goals and the national agenda? Between professional ethics and state security? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This is an interesting story, probably much of which has some basis in fact. It raises issues that confront many developing nations. A public official tells the reporters "the usual things you would expect of a public servant: the value of oil to the economy, the oil pollution as part of the price we have to pay, the government's deep concern for the welfare of the people most immediately affected by the hazards, and so on and so forth." The reporters and the fishermen feel that the benefits to the economy come at too high a cost.
I'm not sure why the author chose to make this an epistolary novel. That form seemed to me to be awkward. However, I read it simply as a novel with two narrators, and pretty much ignored the irrelevant pleasantries exchanged in the letters. ( )