Buchi Emecheta: The Joys of Motherhood, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Joys of Motherhood
- Verlag:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 09/2022
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, B-format paperback
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241578131
- Artikelnummer:
- 10777712
- Umfang:
- 272 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 200 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 129 mm
- Stärke:
- 15 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 1.9.2022
- Serie:
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
'A scorching portrayal of a woman's life . . . the female, feminist counterpart to Things Fall Apart ' Bernardine Evaristo
'God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody's appendage? ... when will I be free?'
There is no greater honour for a woman in an Ibo village than to have children - especially sons. Unable to conceive in her first marriage, Nnu Ego is sent away to a new husband in the city of Lagos, where she finally succeeds in becoming a mother. But things are changing, and a war that unfolds thousands of miles away threatens her family's fortunes and her entire way of life. In a world where motherhood is everything, what will be left for her at the end of it all?
'Sparkling intelligence and a certain kind of honest, lived, intimate insight into working-class colonial Nigeria' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
