Story of an African, The
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780553214123 (0553214128)
Publish date: April 1st 1993
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Feminism,
19th Century,
African Literature,
Fiction
The only thing stopping me from giving this book five stars is that it didn't really have a plot. It's more of a portrait than a story, really, but it's a beautiful portrait, full of word treasure. Schreiner writes about feminism before it existed, and what it means to be human, and what it means to...