{"product_id":"9781035906062","title":"So Long a Letter","description":"Author: Ba, Mariama\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035906062\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariama B  s pioneering debut, \u003ci\u003eSo Long a Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, captures the private lives of women in 1970s Senegal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRecently widowed, Ramatoulaye is required to take sole responsibility for the long mourning process of her late husband. A husband she has not seen in over four years - not after he married his second wife. In a letter to her friend, Ramatoulaye recalls both of their experiences as students impatient to change the world, as wives suffering in the private sphere of marriage, and as mothers witnessing the dangers of Westernisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eUndaunted by topics of polygamy, social castes, and religion, \u003ci\u003eSo Long a Letter \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel rich with poetic prose and profound wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Mariama B  is in a class of her own, conveying with real power and poetry a subtle, changing world of female experience.  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most deeply felt presentation of the female condition in African fiction.  \u003cb\u003eAbiola Irele \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643224871070,"sku":"UBD-9781035906062","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035906062.jpg?v=1774484659","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035906062","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}