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Far from My Father

Far from My Father

Reid, Amy Baram
Tadjo, Véronique
Nyssen, Francoise

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Series: Caraf Books

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0813935636
ISBN13: 9780813935638
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: Apr 7 2014
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.47 Depth: 8.66
Language: English

To attain some sort of universal value, Véronique Tadjo has said, a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our shared humanity. In Far from My Father, the latest novel from this internationally acclaimed author, a woman returns to the Côte d'Ivoire after her father's death. She confronts not only unresolved family issues that she had left behind but also questions about her own identity that arise amidst the tensions between traditional and modern worlds. The drama that unfolds tells us much about the evolving role of women, the legacy of polygamy, and the economic challenges of daily life in Abidjan. On a more autobiographical level, the author depicts a daughter's efforts to come to terms with what she knew and did not know about her father.

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