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The Ardent Swarm

Yamen Manai,

Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

Start date: September 1, 2022

Finish date: November 30, 2022

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Mar 25, 2022 Joanna rated it really liked it

Shelves: passport, kindle, 2022-read, rws-2022-spring

A slightly heavy-handed allegory that's so compulsively readable that all is forgiven, plus a very satisfying ending. The story dovetails that story of a beekeeper who discovers a new type of hornet decimating his bees with the story of Tunisia soon after the Arab Spring with budding democracy threatened by other interests (fundamentalists, moneyed royalty from nearby countries, general corruption, etc.). The writing, translated from French, flows nicely and kept me engaged.

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