Now, I was quite willing to contend that there were a number of things wrong with the novel, that it had failed in a number of places, but I had not quite imagined that it had failed at achieving something called African authenticity.
Nun, ich war schon bereit zuzugeben, dass einige Dinge in dem Roman nicht stimmten, dass er an einigen Stellen misslungen war. Aber ich konnte mir wirklich nicht vorstellen, dass er nicht das geworden war, was man authentisch afrikanisch nannte.