So Long a Letter

What is the author's style in So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba?

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So Long a Letter is written in the first person point of view. Through the device of a letter, Ramatoulaye narrates her story to her friend as a diary, offering a first-hand account of Ramatoulaye’s life and emotions, distilled in the telling by the isolation of her mourning period.

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