Possessing the Secret of Joy: A Novel
From the author the New York Times Book Review calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in The Color Purple whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated leads to a trauma that informs her life and fatefully alters her existence. Possessing the Secret of Joy, out of print for a number of years, was the first novel to deal with this controversial topic and managed to do so in a manner that Cosmopolitan called "masterful, honorable, and unforgettable storytelling." The New Press is proud to bring the book back into print with a new preface by the author addressing the book's initial reception and the changed attitudes toward female genital mutilation that have come about in part because of this book.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781595583642 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Walker, Alice | |
| PUBLISHER : The New Press | PUBLICATION DATE : May 22, 2008 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : The New Press |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 354 g
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