tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7751618707035406021..comments2024-03-17T05:07:13.710-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Armah's brilliantly disgusting novelAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5225159525247214112016-10-04T12:11:30.062-05:002016-10-04T12:11:30.062-05:00Maybe Armah will win the Nobel in a few days and y...Maybe Armah will win the Nobel in a few days and you'll look prescient.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38010441710814012022016-10-04T10:54:01.294-05:002016-10-04T10:54:01.294-05:00I found this book recently at a bookshop in Seoul....I found this book recently at a bookshop in Seoul. It rang a bell, but it was only when I got home and checked Wuthering Expectations that I'd seen the author's name at the side of your side. It's a very good novel; I just posted my own review of it <a href="https://mimichootings.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/the-beautyful-ones-are-not-yet-born-1968-ayi-kwei-armah/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Mimic Hootingshttps://mimichootings.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51543800684762216122013-07-22T11:04:03.591-05:002013-07-22T11:04:03.591-05:00Sean, thank you for the comment. Armah wrote an e...Sean, thank you for the comment. Armah wrote an exciting book that I hope many people read someday. Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-49516090094418487752013-07-22T05:21:32.193-05:002013-07-22T05:21:32.193-05:00I agree that this a profound and beautiful book, a...I agree that this a profound and beautiful book, and you rightly pick up on Armah's skill for symbolism. This is one of the finest African novels for sure. Armah's later work never quite recaptures the magic of this book imho.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062900240441011853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23235017149914286502011-01-19T12:09:17.735-06:002011-01-19T12:09:17.735-06:00Nana has written about some of Armah's other b...Nana has written about some of Armah's other books. Well worth a look.<br /><br />Yeah, there are limits to what a novel can do! One fascinating little piece of my trip to Senegal was hearing people talk about Senghor, who they respected in the roles of poet and Founding Father, but also treated much less respectfully when it came to his career as a politician. Seemed, to me, quite healthy.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-39729737629633045232011-01-19T10:56:58.469-06:002011-01-19T10:56:58.469-06:00Did this book for A-levels. This book along with &...Did this book for A-levels. This book along with "Songs of Innocence & Experience" are the two texts I credit with awakening my political consciousness. I should really get around to Armah's other works. <br /><br />I have always been curious about certain groups unqualified veneration of Nkrumah because of this text but I suppose it was just a novel...Imaninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-92072587821276249792011-01-18T14:54:21.365-06:002011-01-18T14:54:21.365-06:00My pleasure - you led me to the book. I had heard...My pleasure - you led me to the book. I had heard of it before, but had not understood its quality. The symbolic structure Armah builds, out of such unpromising material, is so rich, and moves from local politics to universal relevance.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-61133448861122874492011-01-18T03:55:00.448-06:002011-01-18T03:55:00.448-06:00Thanks for the rep. That book is one of my all tim...Thanks for the rep. That book is one of my all time favourites. It really portrays the issues of the time without hiding behind political and literary innuendos. The filth and rot like you rightly stated wasn't only metaphorical for the corruption breeding in the offices and within government. If people entrusted in cleaning the city are eagerly stealing the nation's wealth what would the effect be?ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.com