- Abused women, African American women, African Americans, Female circumcision
The acclaimed author of The Color Purple presents a provocative story of a young tribal African woman who lives most of her adult life in America. Tashi submits to her people's custom of genital mutilation. Severely traumatize d by the experience, she spends the rest of her life battling madness, trying to regain the ability to recognize her own reality.
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Grave, earnest, contemporary and overwhelming.
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- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Alice Walker
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 286
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press, Audioworks, Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- und, English, Spanish, Japanese
- ISBN
- 9780671793067
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