I picked this up when I was in Montreal. It was written in French and was up for the Gov. General's Award. I can see why. The back of the English edition makes it sound like a quasi, if not full on, murder mystery. This is not really the case. The terror in a small town does have to do with ...
Edem Awumey’s Dirty Feet is a slim volume, but its contents are hefty indeed.Askia’s story reminds the reader that one is wise not to judge insides by outsides, that the dimensions of an individual’s inner life expand even beyond personal experiences, that one can spend a lifetime trying to understa...