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So Long a Letter

Author : Mariama Bâ
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478611235
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book So Long a Letter written by Mariama Bâ and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2012-05-06 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Bâ and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences —some wistful, some bitter—recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye’s emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women’s literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Winner of the prestigious Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.

So Long a Letter

Author : Mariama Bâ
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435905552
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book So Long a Letter written by Mariama Bâ and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1989 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intense and poised novel in the form of a letter written by Ramatoulaye, who has recently been widowed.

So Long a Letter

Author : Mariama Bâ
Publisher : Apollo
ISBN 13 : 9781803289120
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book So Long a Letter written by Mariama Bâ and published by Apollo. This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mariama Bâ's pioneering debut, So Long a Letter is an epistolary novel that captures the private lives of women in 1970s Senegal. Winner of the 1980 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa at the Frankfurt Book Fair and recognised as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair.'To think that I gave him 30 years of my life, to think that 12 times over I carried his child. The addition of a rival to my life was not enough for him. In loving someone else, he burned his past, both morally and materially.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

Scarlet Song

Author : Mariama Bâ
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN 13 : 9780582264557
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Scarlet Song written by Mariama Bâ and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cultural differences between the families of Mireille, daughter of a French diplomat, and Ousmane, son of a poor Muslim family in Senegal, threatens to destroy their marriage."--Amazon.com viewed Dec. 12, 2022.

P.S. Longer Letter Later

Author : Paula Danziger
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338349074
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book P.S. Longer Letter Later written by Paula Danziger and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara*Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara*Starr's family moves to another state, in a complex and emotionally rich novel about two friends coping with overwhelming change.

The Concubine

Author : Elechi Amadi
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478635525
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book The Concubine written by Elechi Amadi and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amadi’s masterpiece of African literature captures village life and practices not yet touched by the white man. The novel’s beautiful, hardworking protagonist, Ihouma, is admired by all in her village. Yet those who express their love for her meet with mysterious tragedy, leaving her devastated. This enticing odyssey, where exemplary attributes go unrewarded and the boundaries between myth and reality are muted, outwits readers with unexpected twists that make them want to keep turning the page.

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Author : Dr Martin Luther King
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780063425811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Letter from a Birmingham Jail written by Dr Martin Luther King and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2025-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393063658
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) written by Patrick O'Brian and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fine stuff...[The Letter of Marque] leaves the devotee of naval fiction eager for sequels." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship’s surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace. A nighttime battle with an unusual climax, a jewel of great value, and Maturin’s fondness for opium make this segment of Patrick O’Brian’s masterful series both original and profoundly exciting.

A Letter to Three Witches

Author : Elizabeth Bass
Publisher : A Cupcake Coven Romance
ISBN 13 : 1496734327
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book A Letter to Three Witches written by Elizabeth Bass and published by A Cupcake Coven Romance. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bewitched meets Practical Magic in this bubbly, quirky romantic comedy with an enchanted twist from acclaimed author Elizabeth Bass. When romance problems cause their powers to go berserk, a trio of witches whose family was banned from practicing magic risk getting in serious trouble with the Grand Council of Witches. Can they get their magic--and their love lives--in order before it's too late?"--

The Purple Violet of Oshaantu

Author : Neshani Andreas
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 147863510X
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book The Purple Violet of Oshaantu written by Neshani Andreas and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the voice of Mee Ali, readers experience the rhythms and rituals of life in rural Namibia in interconnected stories. In Oshaantu, a place where women are the backbone of the home but are expected to submit to patriarchal dominance, Mee Ali is happily married. Her friend, Kauna, however, suffers at the hands of an abusive husband. When he is found dead at home, many of the villagers suspect her of poisoning him. Backtracking from that time, the novel, with its universal appeal, reveals the value of friendships, some of which are based on tradition while others grow out of strength of character, respect, and love.

The Postcolonial Novel

Author : Richard Lane
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745632785
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Postcolonial Novel written by Richard Lane and published by Polity. This book was released on 2006-07-21 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Lane explores the themes surrounding the postcolonial novel written in English.

Zenzele

Author : J. Nozipo Maraire
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0385318227
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Zenzele written by J. Nozipo Maraire and published by Delta. This book was released on 1997-04-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written as a letter from a Zimbabwean mother to her daughter, a student at Harvard, J. Nozipo Maraire evokes the moving story of a mother reaching out to her daughter to share the lessons life has taught her and bring the two closer than ever before. Interweaving history and memories, disappointments and dreams, Zenzele tells the tales of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence and the men and women who shaped it: Zenzele's father, an outspoken activist lawyer; her aunt, a schoolteacher by day and secret guerrilla fighter by night; and her cousin, a maid and a spy. Rich with insight, history, and philosophy, Zenzele is a powerful and compelling story that is both revolutionary and revelatory--the story of one life that poignantly speaks of all lives.

The Spider King's Daughter

Author : Chibundu Onuzo
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571268900
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Spider King's Daughter written by Chibundu Onuzo and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a Betty Trask Award Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize The Spider King's Daughter is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of a changing Lagos, a city torn between tradition and modernity, corruption and truth, love and family loyalty. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. She lives in a She lives in a sprawling mansion in Lagos, protected by armed guards and ferried everywhere in a huge black jeep. But being her father's favourite comes with uncomfortable duties, and she is often lonely behind the high walls of her house. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. His family lost everything after his father's death and now he runs after cars on the roadside selling ice cream to support his mother and sister. When Abike buys ice cream from the hawker one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. But as they grow closer, revelations from the past threaten their relationship and both Abike and the hawker must decide where their loyalties lie.

Rani

Author : Jaishree Misra
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143102106
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Rani written by Jaishree Misra and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2007 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the life of Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi.

What We Lose

Author : Zinzi Clemmons
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735221723
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book What We Lose written by Zinzi Clemmons and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Finalist Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, NPR, Elle, Esquire, Buzzfeed, San Francisco Chronicle, Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, The A.V. Club, The Root, Harper’s Bazaar, Paste, Bustle, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, LitHub, New York Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Bust “The debut novel of the year.” —Vogue “Like so many stories of the black diaspora, What We Lose is an examination of haunting.” —Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker “Raw and ravishing, this novel pulses with vulnerability and shimmering anger.” —Nicole Dennis-Benn, O, the Oprah Magazine “Stunning. . . . Powerfully moving and beautifully wrought, What We Lose reflects on family, love, loss, race, womanhood, and the places we feel home.” —Buzzfeed “Remember this name: Zinzi Clemmons. Long may she thrill us with exquisite works like What We Lose. . . . The book is a remarkable journey.” —Essence From an author of rare, haunting power, a stunning novel about a young African-American woman coming of age—a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, family, and country Raised in Pennsylvania, Thandi views the world of her mother’s childhood in Johannesburg as both impossibly distant and ever present. She is an outsider wherever she goes, caught between being black and white, American and not. She tries to connect these dislocated pieces of her life, and as her mother succumbs to cancer, Thandi searches for an anchor—someone, or something, to love. In arresting and unsettling prose, we watch Thandi’s life unfold, from losing her mother and learning to live without the person who has most profoundly shaped her existence, to her own encounters with romance and unexpected motherhood. Through exquisite and emotional vignettes, Clemmons creates a stunning portrayal of what it means to choose to live, after loss. An elegiac distillation, at once intellectual and visceral, of a young woman’s understanding of absence and identity that spans continents and decades, What We Lose heralds the arrival of a virtuosic new voice in fiction.

A Small Place

Author : Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466828838
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book A Small Place written by Jamaica Kincaid and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2000-04-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua--by the author of Annie John "If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C.) Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an airport named after him--why not a school, why not a hospital, why not some great public monument. You are a tourist and you have not yet seen . . ." So begins Jamaica Kincaid's expansive essay, which shows us what we have not yet seen of the ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies where she grew up. Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright by turns, in a Swiftian mode, A Small Place cannot help but amplify our vision of one small place and all that it signifies.

A Letter in the Scroll

Author : Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743267427
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book A Letter in the Scroll written by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-04-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long, Jews have defined themselves in light of the bad things that have happened to them. And it is true that, many times in the course of history, they have been nearly decimated: when the First and Second Temples were destroyed, when the Jews were expelled from Spain, when Hitler proposed his Final Solution. Astoundingly, the Jewish people have survived catastrophe after catastrophe and remained a thriving and vibrant community. The question Rabbi Jonathan Sacks asks is, quite simply: How? How, in the face of such adversity, has Judaism remained and flourished, making a mark on human history out of all proportion to its numbers? Written originally as a wedding gift to his son and daughter-in-law, A Letter in the Scroll is Rabbi Sacks's personal answer to that question, a testimony to the enduring strength of his religion. Tracing the revolutionary series of philosophical and theological ideas that Judaism created -- from covenant to sabbath to formal education -- and showing us how they remain compellingly relevant in our time, Sacks portrays Jewish identity as an honor as well as a duty. The Ba'al Shem Tov, an eighteenth-century rabbi and founder of the Hasidic movement, famously noted that the Jewish people are like a living Torah scroll, and every individual Jew is a letter within it. If a single letter is damaged or missing or incorrectly drawn, a Torah scroll is considered invalid. So too, in Judaism, each individual is considered a crucial part of the people, without whom the entire religion would suffer. Rabbi Sacks uses this metaphor to make a passionate argument in favor of affiliation and practice in our secular times, and invites us to engage in our dynamic and inclusive tradition. Never has a book more eloquently expressed the joys of being a Jew. This is the story of one man's hope for the future -- a future in which the next generation, his children and ours, will happily embrace the beauty of the world's oldest religion.