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profiterole_reads) wrote2024-08-04 05:34 pm
profiterole_reads) wrote2024-08-04 05:34 pm
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere was very moving. In Cameroon, a country where same-sex relationships are punishable by law, Bessem writes letters to Fatima, her girlfriend who disappeared thirteen years before.
First, here are a few facts I've learnt about Cameroon:
- From Wikipedia: Cameroon was a German colony from 1884 to WWI.
- From the book (and Wikipedia): Cameroon has two official languages, French and English, as it was divided into two colonies, a French one and a British one, from WWI to the independence in 1960 and 1961.
- From recent news: Brenda Biya, the daughter of the Cameroonian President Paul Biya (in power since 1982), has come out as a lesbian to help the LGBT people living in Cameroon. She does not live there any more, so she's safe.
Back to the book, the epistolary prose is beautiful, in 1st- and 2nd-person POV. I hope to read more from this author in the future.
This tragedy not only has butch/femme f/f, but also a major gay male character.
First, here are a few facts I've learnt about Cameroon:
- From Wikipedia: Cameroon was a German colony from 1884 to WWI.
- From the book (and Wikipedia): Cameroon has two official languages, French and English, as it was divided into two colonies, a French one and a British one, from WWI to the independence in 1960 and 1961.
- From recent news: Brenda Biya, the daughter of the Cameroonian President Paul Biya (in power since 1982), has come out as a lesbian to help the LGBT people living in Cameroon. She does not live there any more, so she's safe.
Back to the book, the epistolary prose is beautiful, in 1st- and 2nd-person POV. I hope to read more from this author in the future.
This tragedy not only has butch/femme f/f, but also a major gay male character.
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