No Easy Task

by Aubrey Kachingwe

mother brightened and smiled happily

Genres: Africa, Malawi, 20th Century, Fiction

240 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Aubrey Kachingwe (born 1926) is a Malawian novelist and short-story writer. He was educated in Malawi and Tanzania. He is "famed for being the first Malawian writer to publish with the prestigious African Writers Series (arguably the most significant publisher of African Literature in English).. he published a political novel, No Easy Task, in 1966 just four years after African Writers Series was launched." It was his first and only novel. He has written many short stories published in local and international papers and magazines.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Marina · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,95 kind of but Ley's round it up to 5

[Maud (reading the world challenge) · Rating 4 out of 5]

[#105 Malawi] This is a book about a young journalist who ends up involved in the political events that led his country to independence from Great Britain. My copy is more than fifty years old, but still, the story and the characters felt very modern. The style was neat and easy to read. I really liked that nothing was either black or white, and that, even if they end up winning independence, the reader is left with a bad taste in the mouth.

[Innocent Mbuya · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first ever book to read, i loved it.

[Julia P · Rating 2 out of 5]

The whole time I was reading the book it felt like all the interesting bits kept just happening "off camera." Each time the story kept building and building to a climax, the event would be over and people would be discussing the ramifications of what happened.