On A Woman's Madness
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On a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka f...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af On A Woman'S Madness af Astrid Roemer
On a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own 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 city of Paramaribo. Unsettled and unsupported, her life in this new place is illuminated by romance and new freedoms, but also forever haunted by her past and society's expectations. Strikingly translated by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemer's classic queer novel is a tentpole of European and post-colonial literature. and amid tales of plantation-dwelling snakes, rare orchids, and star-crossed lovers, it is also a blistering meditation on the cruelties we inflict on those who disobey. Roemer, the first Surinamese winner of the prestigious Dutch Literature Prize, carves out postcolonial Suriname in barbed, resonant fragments. Who is Noenka? Roemer asks us. "I'm Noenka," she responds resolutely, "which means Never Again."
Detaljer
Forlag
Tilted Axis Press
ISBN
9781917126076
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
284
Udgivelsesdato
15-10-2024
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3265174
EAN nr.
9781917126076
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
21
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
130
Vægt (g)
216
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