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Availability:In StockContributor:Astrid Roemer, Lucy Scott (Translator)Publish date:2023-11-28Pages:265
Language:EnglishPublisher:Two Lines PressISBN-13:9781949641646ISBN-10:1949641643UPC:9781949641646Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Literary, WomenBook Topic:LesbianSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCGMBFAK12
A classic of queer literature that's as electrifying today as it was when it originally appeared in 1982, On a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her hometown in Suriname, on South America's tropical northeastern coast, for the capital...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Two Lines PressISBN-13:9781949641646ISBN-10:1949641643UPC:9781949641646Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Literary, WomenBook Topic:LesbianSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCGMBFAK12
In 1966, at the age of 19, Astrid Roemer emigrated from Suriname to the Netherlands. She identifies herself as a cosmopolitan writer. Exploring themes of race, gender, family, and identity, her poetic, unconventional prose stands in the tradition of authors such as Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. She was awarded the P.C. Hooft Prize in 2016, and the three-yearly Dutch Literature Prize (Prijs der...
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