The Slave Girl: A Novel - Softcover

Emecheta, Buchi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807609528 ISBN 13: 9780807609521

Publisher: George Braziller Inc., 1980

Synopsis

"Her graphically detailed pictures of tribal life make the novel memorable."―Chicago Tribune

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 will 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.

About this title

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.

Review:

“Buchi Emecheta writes with a storyteller's flare. Her prose is vivid and simple as a stone carving.”
- Houston Chronicle

“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, The New Yorker

About this edition

• Publisher: George Braziller Inc.
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0807609528
• ISBN 13: 9780807609521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180