A review by rwedewer
The Eye of the Leopard by Henning Mankell
3.0
A Swedish man who makes an impetuous trip to Zambia as a kind of penance, stays 18 years, facing a frightful racial divide.
I often think translations are a bit ham-handed and obscure some or all of the literary merit of a book. This book by Swedish author Henning Mankell though, it beautifully written--and translated. I only give it three stars because the movement from past to present often seems a bit awkward and out of place. Still, the story gets told.
I often think translations are a bit ham-handed and obscure some or all of the literary merit of a book. This book by Swedish author Henning Mankell though, it beautifully written--and translated. I only give it three stars because the movement from past to present often seems a bit awkward and out of place. Still, the story gets told.