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

4.0

I really wanted to read this book because I knew very little African writers. As the book compiles so many writers I think it’s hard to give it a rating because I loved some stories more than others. As a book overall I really liked that it took stories from different generations of African writers and ordered them in chronological order, because it gives more of an impression of the development of African writing. I usually quite like reading short stories because it gives you an impression of an author’s writing style and it’s a freshly new make up from the usual novel.