The first wife
a tale of polygamy
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Contributions
- Brookshaw, David, translator - Contributor
Publication
2016 - , New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
123,500 words, Guess
Page Count
494 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefirstwifetaleofp0000chiz
- ISBN-100914671480
- ISBN-139780914671480
- Library of Congress Control Number2015049933
- OCLC Control Number922155436
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780914671480
- Open LibraryOL27216889M
Classifications
- DDC869.3/42
- LCCPQ9939.C45 N5513 2016
- LCCPQ9939.C45
and 2 more
- LCCPL
- LCCPC
Description
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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