Easily the best unpretentious romantic novel ever written. It takes you through the valleys, plains, peaks, and treacherous cliffs of love. Enjoy it:) ( )

This by far my favorite book by an African writer, and though I have read nearly 100 African novels, this is the only one that I have reread - 3 times!
Elechi Amadi has written many good books but this one is his masterpiece. It is lyrical, written with a profound sense of understatement that reflects the simple life of pre-colonial Africa. The simplicity of the narrative makes it all the more powerful, and a sense of tragedy grows as the reader draws inexorably closer to the end. A haunting tale. ( )

Part of book project. Very readable, a lot of specific anthropological/cultural details.