| Description |
265 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in 1982 by Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer, Haarlem ; Since 2016 published by Uitgeverij Prometheus, Amsterdam"--Title page verso. |
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An image-filled, fragmentary novel exploring feminism, identity, race, sexuality, and motherhood -- Translated into sensuous English for the first time by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemer's intimate novel--with its tales of plantation-dwelling snakes, rare orchids, and star-crossed lovers--is a blistering meditation on the cruelties we inflict on those who disobey. Roemer, the first Surinamese winner of the prestigious Dutch Literature Prize, carves out postcolonial Suriname in barbed, resonant fragments. Who is Noenka? Roemer asks us. "I'm Noenka," she responds resolutely, "which means Never Again." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Summary |
A classic of queer literature that's as electrifying today as it was when it originally appeared in 1982, On a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her 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 the passionate romances of the present but haunted by society's expectations and her ancestral past. |
| Language |
In English. Translated from the Dutch. |
| Subject |
Intimate partner violence -- Fiction.
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Divorce -- Fiction.
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Lesbians -- Fiction.
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Suriname -- Fiction.
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FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian.
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FICTION / World Literature / Netherlands.
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FICTION / World Literature / South America (General)
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FICTION / Women.
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FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / Feminist.
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Lesbians (OCoLC)fst00996540
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Intimate partner violence (OCoLC)fst01747311
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Divorce (OCoLC)fst00895809
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Suriname https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvhqTMTJVBwkfKwKDpwYP (OCoLC)fst01204607
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Intimate partner violence.
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LGBTQ+ domestic violence.
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| Genre/Form |
Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922
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Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Novels (OCoLC)fst01921742
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LGBTQ+ fiction. https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000443
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Novels.
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Psychological fiction.
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| Added Author |
Scott, Lucy (Translator), translator.
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| Added Title |
Over de gekte van een vrouw. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Roemer, Astrid. On a woman's madness San Francisco, CA : Two Lines Press, [2023] 9781949641448 (DLC) 2022037830 |
| ISBN |
9781949641431 hardcover |
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1949641430 hardcover |
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9781949641646 paperback |
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1949641643 paperback |
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2370001657717 paperback |
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9781949641448 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
17947907 |
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