Title:
On a woman's madness / Astrid Roemer ; translated from Dutch by Lucy Scott.
ISBN:
9781949641431
9781949641646
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Uniform Title:
Over de gekte van een vrouw. English
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : Two Lines Press, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
265 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in 1982 by Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer, Haarlem ; Since 2016 published by Uitgeverij Prometheus, Amsterdam"--Title page verso.
An image-filled, fragmentary novel exploring feminism, identity, race, sexuality, and motherhood -- Translated into sensuous English for the first time by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemer's intimate novel--with its tales of plantation-dwelling snakes, rare orchids, and star-crossed lovers--is a blistering meditation on the cruelties we inflict on those who disobey. Roemer, the first Surinamese winner of the prestigious Dutch Literature Prize, carves out postcolonial Suriname in barbed, resonant fragments. Who is Noenka? Roemer asks us. "I'm Noenka," she responds resolutely, "which means Never Again." -- Provided by publisher.
Summary:
A classic of queer literature that's as electrifying today as it was when it originally appeared in 1982, On a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her hometown in Suriname, on South America's tropical northeastern coast, for the capital city of Paramaribo. Unsettled and unsupported, her life in this new place is illuminated by the passionate romances of the present but haunted by society's expectations and her ancestral past.
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Language Note:
In English. Translated from the Dutch.
OCLC Number:
on1321785330
Availability:
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