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Recently widowed, Ramatoulaye is required to take sole responsibility for the long mourning process of her late husband. A husband she has not seen in over four years - not after he married his second wife. In a letter to her friend, Ramatoulaye recalls both of their experiences as students impatient to change the world, as wives suffering in the private sphere of marriage, and as mothers witnessing the dangers of Westernisation.
Undaunted by topics of polygamy, social castes, and religion, So Long a Letter is a novel rich with poetic prose and profound wisdom.
'Mariama Bâ is in a class of her own, conveying with real power and poetry a subtle, changing world of female experience.' Guardian
'The most deeply felt presentation of the female condition in African fiction.' Abiola Irele
Recently widowed, Ramatoulaye is required to take sole responsibility for the long mourning process of her late husband. A husband she has not seen in over four years - not after he married his second wife. In a letter to her friend, Ramatoulaye recalls both of their experiences as students impatient to change the world, as wives suffering in the private sphere of marriage, and as mothers witnessing the dangers of Westernisation.
Undaunted by topics of polygamy, social castes, and religion, So Long a Letter is a novel rich with poetic prose and profound wisdom.
'Mariama Bâ is in a class of her own, conveying with real power and poetry a subtle, changing world of female experience.' Guardian
'The most deeply felt presentation of the female condition in African fiction.' Abiola Irele
After winning the first prize in the entrance examination to train as a teacher at École Normale, Bâ taught in Dakar from 1947-1959 and later became an educational inspector.
A vocal activist for women's rights and class equality in Africa, her literary work often criticised the lack of educational opportunities offered to women as well as challenging the systems of polygamy and castes in Senegalese society.
Mariama Bâ died in 1981.
Translated from French by Modupé Bodé-Thomas.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 144 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781803289120 |
| ISBN-10: | 1803289120 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ba, Mariama |
| Übersetzung: | Bode-Thomas, Modupe |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 128 x 198 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Mariama Ba |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.10.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,162 kg |
After winning the first prize in the entrance examination to train as a teacher at École Normale, Bâ taught in Dakar from 1947-1959 and later became an educational inspector.
A vocal activist for women's rights and class equality in Africa, her literary work often criticised the lack of educational opportunities offered to women as well as challenging the systems of polygamy and castes in Senegalese society.
Mariama Bâ died in 1981.
Translated from French by Modupé Bodé-Thomas.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 144 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781803289120 |
| ISBN-10: | 1803289120 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ba, Mariama |
| Übersetzung: | Bode-Thomas, Modupe |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 128 x 198 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Mariama Ba |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.10.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,162 kg |
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