Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth: A Novel by Wole Soyinka

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth: A Novel

Wole Soyinka

444 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
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The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly half a century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a ...

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Community Reviews

3.18
based on 211 reviews

Moods

challenging: 74%

dark: 56%

mysterious: 51%

funny: 38%

tense: 25%

adventurous: 15%

reflective: 12%

informative: 10%

emotional: 7%

sad: 5%

Pace

4% of readers chose fast
28% of readers chose medium
66% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

20% of readers chose Plot
58% of readers chose A mix
17% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

12% of readers chose Yes
51% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

9% of readers chose Yes
39% of readers chose Complicated
51% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

70% of readers chose Yes
2% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

54% of readers chose Yes
24% of readers chose Complicated
18% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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