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Possessing the Secret of Joy
Door Alice Walker
Categorie | Engels |
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Boeknummer | #426691-XQ34 |
Titel | Possessing the Secret of Joy |
Auteur | Walker, Alice |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | London : Vintage |
Jaar van uitgave | 1993 |
ISBN10 | 0099268817 |
ISBN13 | 9780099268819 |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Paperback, 8vo. |
Samenvatting | The stunning "New York Times" bestseller, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Color Purple," reissued in a handsome new edition. From the author the "New York Times Book Review" calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in "The Color Purple" whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated leads to a trauma that informs her life and fatefully alters her existence. "Possessing the Secret of Joy," out of print for a number of years, was the first novel to deal with this controversial topic and managed to do so in a manner that "Cosmopolitan" called "masterful, honorable, and unforgettable storytelling." T... (Lees verder)he New Press is proud to bring the book back into print with a new preface by the author addressing the book's initial reception and the changed attitudes toward female genital mutilation that have come about in part because of this book. |
Pagina's | 270 |
Conditie | Goed — Crease in spine; small crease in back cover. |
Prijs | € 8,00 |
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