Second Class Citizen
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0807610666
ISBN 13
9780807610664
Category
Critical Race
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Pages
174
Tags
Description
The classic tale of a Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination only to encounter the hardships of immigration. Available again.In the late 1960’s, Adah, a spirited and resourceful woman manages to move her family to London. Seeking an independent life for herself and her children she encounters racism and hard truths about being a new citizen. “Second Class Citizen pales a lot of academic feminist writing into insignificance.” –The Guardian“Emecheta’s prose has a shimmer of originality, of English being reinvented....Issues of survival lie inherent in her material and give her tales weight.” --John Updike - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
