But they hold him in utter disdain until it is far too late. He is the “son of no father”, an outsider, who desperately wants to be accepted by his mother’s people.
The novel, and the component short stories, explore Imaro’s growth as a great warrior and his conflicted status as an outsider as he confronts enemies both mortal and sorcerous.Īnd this is what is so amazing with Imaro as a character. Imaro is a short story novel that depicts the life of Imaro, an Ilyassai youth, at various ages from five (when his mother abandons him) to late teens or very early twenties (when he leads his haramia band). The Imaro stories where published throughout the later seventies and early eighties before being reissued (and revised) in the 2000s. Thus was born the character Imaro and his world of Nyumbani. Saunders, in the 1970s, desired to write the stories he wanted to read- stories inspired by his African heritage.
This book is going on my shopping list.īut first, some background. Having finally read one of the seminal works in sword and sorcery, I’m glad that I finally did. I’m ashamed to admit it has taken me this long to finally read Imaro by Charles R.
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