Smouldering Charcoal by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

Smouldering Charcoal

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

290 pages first pub 1992 (editions) user-added

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Chronicles the lives of two families in post-colonial Africa, the first - poor, working-class and ill-educated - is compared to the young politically aware college student and her journalist fiance. The middle-class pair become victims of the same...

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3.09
based on 11 reviews

Moods

challenging: 100%

dark: 100%

informative: 50%

sad: 50%

tense: 50%


Pace

50% of readers chose medium
50% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose A mix
A mix

Strong character development?

100% of readers chose Complicated
Complicated

Loveable characters?

100% of readers chose No
No

Diverse cast of characters?

100% of readers chose No
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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