A review by misspalah
The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila

4.0

Interesting read especially when you get to see the distinction of writing style among each author. From Senegal to Egypt, the authors usually use their origin country as the backdrop for the main character that they wrote in the short story. Most story got associated with strong emotion such as Sadness, Grief, Struggle, Longing and Frustration. This probably is the best compilation of short story ive read this year. I seldom read them due to the ambiguous plot, the open ending style and the disconnection feeling of not being able to comprehend the message behind the story. This kind of reasons is why i stay away from short story. However, this one is full of wonder.