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Kicking Tongues
Engelsk Paperback
Kicking Tongues
Engelsk Paperback

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Karen King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer''s Canterbury Tales to modern-day Nigeria in this magnificent tale of forty very different travellers thrown together on a bus journey from Lagos to the new capital, Abuja.

Carefully selected by their hostess – an enigmatic figure who calls herself, ''The Black Lady The'' – the passengers on this journey range from a wealthy tribal chief to a humble petrol pump attendant, from a rain-maker to a reserved woman observing purdah.

They are united only by their dissatisfaction with Nigeria''s chaotic and corrupt regime, a concern which is reflected in the widely differing stories they tell on their journey – bawdy tales, sharp satires, poignant narratives and moral fables.

Blending poetry and prose, rich visual images, and witty puns, Karen King-Aribisala succeeds in transforming a fourteenth-century English classic into an exuberant and distinctively African work.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781035906116
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1035906112
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
14 mar 2024
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
130mm
Højde:
200mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
14 mar 2024
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge