Titre :	Your Name Shal be Tanga.(Translated).
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Beyala.Calixthe., Auteur
Editeur :	britain : Heinemann
Année de publication :	1996
Importance :	138p
Format :	20x13cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-435-90950-5
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale :	820 Littérature de langue anglaise
Résumé :	In a West-African prison cell a young woman, Tanga, is dying. Her only companion is Anna-Claude, a foreigner on the brink of madness. Reluctantly, Tanga begins to confide her life story to this stranger. A grim tale of incest, prostitution, bereavement and crime unfolds. Tanga's anguished mind searches for the words to express such suffering. Yet as she does so, the bond between her and the white stranger begins to grow. In passing on her story, she is fusing her identity with the woman who will live after her death. 'Your name shall be Tanga', she insists. In this disturbing novel about sexual abuse and violence, Calixthe Beyala voices the solidarity that unites women across racial, religious and class barriers.

Your Name Shal be Tanga.(Translated). [texte imprimé] / Beyala.Calixthe., Auteur . - britain : Heinemann, 1996 . - 138p ; 20x13cm.
ISBN : 978-0-435-90950-5
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Index. décimale :

820 Littérature de langue anglaise

Résumé :

In a West-African prison cell a young woman, Tanga, is dying. Her only companion is Anna-Claude, a foreigner on the brink of madness. Reluctantly, Tanga begins to confide her life story to this stranger. A grim tale of incest, prostitution, bereavement and crime unfolds. Tanga's anguished mind searches for the words to express such suffering. Yet as she does so, the bond between her and the white stranger begins to grow. In passing on her story, she is fusing her identity with the woman who will live after her death. 'Your name shall be Tanga', she insists. In this disturbing novel about sexual abuse and violence, Calixthe Beyala voices the solidarity that unites women across racial, religious and class barriers.