The Joys of Motherhood - Brossura

Emechta, Buchi

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0435913549 ISBN 13: 9780435913540

Casa editrice: Pearson P T R, 2008

Riassunto

A bestselling title in Heinemann's long-established 'African Writers Series', this novel is now being published with a new introduction as part of the new series 'African Writers Series Classics'.

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L'autore:

Buchi Emecheta, born in Lagos in Nigeria, won a scholarship to the Methodist Girls' High School, but by the time she was seventeen she had left school, married and had a child.  She accompanied her husband to London where, at 22, she left him, and took an honours degree in Sociology while supporting her five children and writing in the early morning.

She haw written sevearl books including, In The Ditch, Second-Class Citizen, The Bride Price, The Slave Girl, which was awarded the Jock Campbell Award, The Joys of Motherhood, Destination Biafra, Naira Power, Double Yoke, Gwendolen, The Rape of Shavi and Kehinde, as well as a number of children's books and a play, A Kind of Marriage produced on BBC television. Her autobiography, Head Above Water, appeared in 1986 to much acclaim.

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• Editore: Pearson P T R
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0435913549
• ISBN 13: 9780435913540
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 254