Second Class Citizen - Couverture rigide

Emecheta, Buchi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340499761 ISBN 13 : 9780340499764

Editeur : Hodder Arnold H&S, 1989

Synopsis

The titles in the "Textplus" series, designed to reflect the changing nature of English Literature at advanced post-GCSE level, offer the complete text with a specially commissioned introduction and compact background notes placing the work in historical and critical context. Together, these components are intended to open up the text for students, allowing them to plot their own course of study, to plan extended projects, to compare writers' perspectives on similar themes and to relate works to key social and historical phenomena.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

• Classic novel on African immigration. Analysed in books by feminist scholars such as Donna Harraway

In the late 1960's, Adah, a spirited and resourceful woman manages to move her family to London. Seeking an independent life for herself and her children she encounters racism and hard truths about being a new citizen.

'Second Class Citizen pales a lot of academic feminist writing into insignificance. - The Guardian

'Emecheta's prose has a shimmer of originality, of English being reinvented... Issues of survival lie inherent in her material and give her tales weight.' - John Updike

Biographie de l'auteur

Born of Ibo parents in Nigeria, Buchi Emecheta is widely known for her multilayered stories of black women struggling to maintain their identity and construct viable lives for themselves and their families. She writes, according to The New York Times, with 'subtlety, power, and abundant compassion.' Her numerous novels include The Slave Girl, The Family, Bride Price, and The Joys of Motherhood.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Arnold H&S
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340499761
• ISBN 13: 9780340499764
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible