Our Beautiful DarknessOur Beautiful Darkness

"Suddenly, the lights go out. A blackout. In the ensuing darkness, a pair of teenagers find themselves in a conversation that would never have happened otherwise. Under the twinkling stars, surrounded by the sweet scent of avocado and guava, they share stories and dreams, confiding in each other and letting their imaginations take flight. The inner beauty of people, the enormity of the universe, what can fit in a person's heart, war, angels, nicknames - such are the things they explore in the tenderness of the surrounding darkness. Set in the 1990s in Angola, during the last decade of the Civil War, Our Beautiful Darkness is both a gripping narrative of first love, as well as a meditation on the human impulse to tell stories"-- Front jacket flap.
During a blackout in a war-torn Angola, two teenagers explore their deepest emotions as they share personal stories and dreams in the intimacy of the darkness.