# By Night the Mountain Burns

by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Equatorial Guinea, 2008

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?

ISBN: 9781908276407

## See also

- [Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel](https://africantales.net/authors/juan-tomas-avila-laurel)
- [More from Equatorial Guinea](https://africantales.net/countries/GNQ)
- [Literary Fiction](https://africantales.net/genres/literary-fiction)
- [The 2000s](https://africantales.net/decades/2000s)

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