Can I read By Night the Mountain Burns on EtoBox?

By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel; Jethro Soutar is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is By Night the Mountain Burns about?

By Night the Mountain Burns recounts the narrator's childhood on a remote island off the West African coast, living with his mysterious grandfather, several mothers and no fathers. We learn of a dark chapter in the island's history: a bush fire destroys the crops, then hundreds perish in a cholera outbreak. Superstition dominates, and the islanders must sacrifice their possessions to the enraged ocean god. What of their lives will they manage to save? Whitmanesque in its lyrical evocation of the island, Ávila Laurel's writing builds quietly, through the oral rhythms of traditional storytelling, into gripping drama worthy of an Achebe or a García Márquez.

Who reads By Night the Mountain Burns?

Author

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel; Jethro Soutar

Publisher

And Other Stories Publishing

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781908276414

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Humanities

Rating

3.7 / 5 (134 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14