Another amazing book by the Angola writer, Pepetela .
" The near end of the world " is a wonderful novel , full of refined irony and wrapped in a delicious narrative that exposes the weaknesses , inconsistencies and virtues of human beings , regardless of skin color, social status and economic standing . The thread of this story is simple , like the title suggests , the world as we know it disappears and will not do as, but what I can say is that unlike other books that describe doomsday scenarios , or wars , or major natural disasters , or even alien invasions to justify the end of all human beings that inhabit the planet, here everything happens for one reason, pure prejudice . Above all I believe that " almost end of the world " is a book that makes us think , not only on issues related to racial , ethnic , cultural and social differences, but in particular on the value we give to things, if almost all living beings pure and simply disappear like smoke, what would be the true value of the materials things for the few that were left ? What would be essential and what would become superfluous ? What will move us ? This is a disturbing literary exercise in the sense that if we are put in that position, how we would react before the total loss of our identity ? Now, imagine how the world would be if everything remained intact and only you and a handful of people survive ? Well , the writer explains how, and all you have to do is read. Have a nice reading.
