The Bride Price - Brossura

Emecheta, Buchi

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0807616281 ISBN 13: 9780807616284

Casa editrice: George Braziller, 2014

Riassunto

The Bride Price is the poignant love story of Aku-nna, a young Igbo woman, and her teacher, Chike, the son of a prosperous former slave. As their tribe begins to welcome western education and culture, these two are drawn together despite the traditions that forbid them to marry. Aku-nna flees an unwanted and forced marriage to join Chike, only to have her uncle refuse the required bride price from her lover's family. Frustrated and abandoned by their people, Aku-naa and Chike escape to a modern world unlike any they've ever experienced. Despite their joy, Aku-nna is plagued by the fear the she will die in childbirth--the fate, according to tribal lore, awaiting every young mother whose bride price is left unpaid.This second edition includes a new introduction by Dr. Marie Linton Umeh, author of Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (Africa World Press).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: George Braziller
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0807616281
• ISBN 13: 9780807616284
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 168