Une si longue lettre
Une si longue lettre is a semi-autobiographical novel originally written in French by the Senegalese writer Mariama Ba. Its theme is the condition of women in Western African society. The novel is often used in literature classes focusing on women's roles in post-colonial Africa. This novel is...
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Une si longue lettre is a semi-autobiographical novel originally written in French by the Senegalese writer Mariama Ba. Its theme is the condition of women in Western African society. The novel is often used in literature classes focusing on women's roles in post-colonial Africa. This novel is literally written as a long letter
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782842612894 (2842612892)
Publish date: 2005-01-01
Publisher: Schoenhofs Foreign Books
Pages no: 164
Edition language: English
Miracle joyeux de la naissance, miracle ténébreux de la mort. Entre les deux, une vie, un destin, dit Mawdo Bâ.Son œil égoïste regarde par-dessus l'épaule de sa conjointe. Il compare ce qu'il eut à ce qu'il n'a plus, ce qu'il a à ce qu'il pourrait avoir.Le conducteur n'a pour refuge que son frein, s...
Une si longue lettre (or So long a Letter) is a book hard to describe. It is basically a long letter written by the female protagonist (with a long name I cannot remember) to her best friend (who also has a long and complicated name I would have to look up). The letter is about the mortification aft...
A fascinating & bittersweet look at women's roles (written by a woman) in post-colonial, male-dominated Senegal. Interestingly enough, I read So Long a Letter quite by chance after having just finished [b:Xala|574425|Xala|Ousmane Sembène|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328757709s/574425.jpg|561417] by...
I haven't read this book since I was 13 or so but I remember loving it.
I enjoyed this intimate vision of the life of a Senegalese woman told through a letter written to a friend in the aftermath of becoming widowed. The book is almost entirely about the choices women had and made as career options and social opportunities opened up for them in a modern Senegal. We see ...