The first wife : a tale of polygamy / Paulina Chiziane ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw.
Av: Chiziane, Paulina
Medverkande: Brookshaw, David [trl]
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Förläggare: Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2016Upplaga: First Archipelago books editionBeskrivning: 494 pages ; 17 cmInnehållstyp: text Mediatyp:unmediated Bärartyp: volumeISBN: 9780914671480; 0914671480Uniforma titlar: Niketche. Engelska Ämnen: Polygamy -- Mozambique -- Maputo -- Fiction | Polygamy | Novels | Polygamy | Mozambique -- Fiction | Mozambique | Mozambique -- Maputo | Mozambique | Fiction | Authors, Mozambique | Women authorsGenre/form:Fiction. | Romance fiction. | Romance fiction.DDC-klassifikation: 869.3/42 LOC classification: PQ9939.C45 | N5513 2016Action note: afrwide 2017-4 1709sSammanfattning:In this, a ground-breaking publication in the canon of non-Western women's literary history, Paulina Chiziani -- the first woman from Mozambique ever to publish a novel -- lifts the lid on her country's values and its hypocracies. After 20 years of marriage, Rami discovers that her husband has been living a double -- or rather, a quintuple -- life. After Tony is forced to marry the four other women -- as well as an additional lover -- according to polygamist custom, the rival lovers join together to declare their voices and demand their rights.
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In this, a ground-breaking publication in the canon of non-Western women's literary history, Paulina Chiziani -- the first woman from Mozambique ever to publish a novel -- lifts the lid on her country's values and its hypocracies. After 20 years of marriage, Rami discovers that her husband has been living a double -- or rather, a quintuple -- life. After Tony is forced to marry the four other women -- as well as an additional lover -- according to polygamist custom, the rival lovers join together to declare their voices and demand their rights.
Translated from the Portuguese.
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