I'm in the middle of reading "The Suns of Independence" (Ahmadou Kourouma) for my Francophone literature class. The book is a wonderful elucidation of the struggles of independence (post-colonial) in a west african country. But I'm not here to try and do any sort of deep and meaningful analysis, instead I thought I'd share with all of you some of the wonderful similes employed in the character descriptions:

"All day long he was as intractable as a newly circumcised donkey."

"as unconciliating and unmanageable as a mad donkey's erection"

That's all for now. I hope all is well.