Essay
Thoughts to Keep You Thinking
E. Toimu Reeves · 1972
Synopsis
Short pages, maxims and moral observations, if one goes by the title and the declared genre. This book appears neither in a library catalogue, nor in a sales catalogue, nor in a history of the country's literature. Nothing can therefore be said about it, nor any conclusion drawn.
Context
The book appeared in a country that had a single university and no literary publishing house, where what was printed came from the presses of the state, the missions or the author himself. The war that opened in 1989 destroyed the presses and the libraries, and most of what had been printed before it has disappeared: this is why a title of 1972 may leave no trace that can be consulted, without one being able to conclude that it did not exist. The country lost its printed output before having drawn up a catalogue of it.
Who it is for
A collection of short texts in English, with very limited circulation. The context of prewar Liberian publishing sheds light on its rarity.
Prizes and reception
It is one of the few titles printed in Liberia before the civil war whose name is still cited anywhere.
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