Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe.Tropical Fish tropical fish Any of various small fishes of tropical origin often kept in aquariums. They are interesting for their behaviour or showiness or both. Popular varieties include the angelfish, guppy, kissing gourami, sea horse, Siamese fighting fish, and tetra. : Tales From Entebbe by Doreen Baingana Harlem Moon/Broadway Books September 2006 $9.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-767-92510-6 What does it feel like to be a Ugandan girl living, growing and wondering about life in the aftermath of Idi Amin's military regime? More succinctly put, how does it feel be an African female educated through the lens of Western idealism and Christian sensibility? Baingana weaves a haunting A Haunting is a television series on Discovery Channel that, according to its website[1] chronicles the "terrifying true stories of the paranormal told by people who experienced real-life horror tales. tale of three very different sisters growing up in the town of Entebbe, trying to make meaning of their young lives in this quick-witted and heart-tingling narrative. Written with an eye for beauty, humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was and tragedy, Tropical Fish feels more like an autobiography than a work of fiction. Baingana begins the book with Christina, the youngest sibling, who offers readers glimpses of her rich inner world and the forces that shape all three sisters, as they become women. Baingana's prose is deceptively de·cep·tive·ly adv. In a deceptive or deceiving manner; so as to deceive. Usage Note: When deceptively is used to modify an adjective, the meaning is often unclear. simple and vibrates off the page with a poetic sensibility not unlike Toni Morrison's. Although Tropical Fish is a mere 177 pages, it packs punch like no other recent novel. --Reviewed by Steven G. Fullwood |
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