On a Woman's Madness
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On a Woman's Madness

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Title: On a Woman's Madness Author: Astrid Roemer ISBN: 9781949641646 Publisher: Two Lines Press Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Fiction 1561081 Publisher Description: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEA FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATUREOn a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own 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 romance and new freedoms, but also forever haunted by her past and society's expectations. Strikingly translated by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemer's classic queer novel is

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