The Slave Girl - Hardcover

Emecheta, Buchi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807616117 ISBN 13: 9780807616116

Publisher: Braziller Books, 1980

Synopsis

The Slave Girl follows the fortunes of Ogbanje Ojebeta, a Nigerian woman who is sold into slavery in her own land after disease and tragedy leave her orphaned as a child. In her fellow slaves, she finds a surrogate family that clings together under the unbending rule of their master. As Ogbanje Ojebeta becomes a woman and discovers her need for home and family, and for freedom and identity, she realizes that she must ultimately choose her own destiny.

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Review

"Miss 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."

Buchi Emecheta wrotes with a storyteller's flare. Her prose is vivid and simple as a stone carving. "

Miss 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

Buchi Emecheta writes with a storyteller's flare. Her prose is vivid and simple as a stone carving.

About the Author

Born of Ibo parents in Nigeria, Buchi Emecheta is widely known for her multilayered stories of black women struggling to maintain their identity and construct viable lives for themselves and their families. She writes, according to The New York Times, with "subtlety, power, and abundant compassion." Her numerous novels include The Slave Girl, The Family, Bride Price, and The Joys of Motherhood.

Edition details

• Publisher: Braziller Books
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807616117
• ISBN 13: 9780807616116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 182