ISBN:
0-582-30845-3
,
978-0-582-30845-9
Language:
English
Pages:
134 Seiten
Edition:
First published by 1977, first published as Longman African Writers 1994, fourth impression 2000
Series Statement:
Longman African writers
Keywords:
Literatur, afrikanische Roman
;
Ghana
;
Frau
;
Beziehungen Afrika-Europa
;
Beziehungen Mann-Frau
Abstract:
Out of Africa with her degree and her all-seeing eyes comes Sissie. She comes to Europe, to a land of towering mountains and low grey skies and tries to make sense of it all. What is she doing here? Why aren't the natives friendly? And what will she do when she goes back home?Ghanaian wirter Ama Ata Aidoo's brilliantly conceived prose poem is by turn bitter and gentle, and is a highly personal exploration of the conflicts between Africa and Europe, betwen men and women and between a complacent acceptance of the stattus quo and a passionate desire to reform a rotten world. Of her own writing, Ama Ata Aidoo says, "I write about people, about what strikes me and interest me. It seems the most natural thing in the world for women to write with women as central characters; making women the centre of my universe was spontaneous." (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Into a bad dream -- The plums -- From our Sister Killjoy -- A love letter
Note:
"Collection of short stories" (Schmutztitel)
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