I was charmed by the oral-storyteller narrator's voice, and the general folkloric feel of the story. I also loved the humor (such as in the folktale section with Ansige), and the way the djombi were incorporated into the world. I also agree that the Trickster and the Indigo Lord were reincarnated into Paama's twins.
And now that I'm reading the review (apologies for responding here, but I don't get notices when you respond at your blog, and would forget to check back, sadly):
She's writing an SF novel? To be published in 2013? You just made my day!
You definitely looked more into this story than I did. I had no idea that it borrowed from a "Senegalese folk tale." Is that something you recognized right away, or did you look it up?
That's the latest I've heard, at least! I saw on her blog (http://merumsal.wordpress.com/) that Del Rey is releasing "The Best of All Possible Worlds" in the US. I have no idea what it's about, but I'm looking forward to it.
I just thought the story seemed like a folktale (most specifically the part with Paama and Ansige in the beginning), so I looked up more information about it after I finished reading it. I did read a lot of those sorts of tales as a kid, but not that particular one!
(My review: http://tethyanbooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-redemption-in-indigo-by-karen.html)
I was charmed by the oral-storyteller narrator's voice, and the general folkloric feel of the story. I also loved the humor (such as in the folktale section with Ansige), and the way the djombi were incorporated into the world. I also agree that the Trickster and the Indigo Lord were reincarnated into Paama's twins.
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She's writing an SF novel? To be published in 2013? You just made my day!
You definitely looked more into this story than I did. I had no idea that it borrowed from a "Senegalese folk tale." Is that something you recognized right away, or did you look it up?
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I just thought the story seemed like a folktale (most specifically the part with Paama and Ansige in the beginning), so I looked up more information about it after I finished reading it. I did read a lot of those sorts of tales as a kid, but not that particular one!
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