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The blood stains / Alfred Nyagaka Nyamwange.
Van Pelt Library PR9381.9.N91 B56 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nyamwange, Alfred Nyagaka, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Abuse of--Kenya--Fiction.
- Women.
- Kenyan fiction (English).
- Kenya--Fiction.
- Kenya.
- Genre:
- Novels
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- v, 190 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Kisii, Kenya] : The Writers Pen, [2020]
- Summary:
- "The story begins in the hospital bed where an injured Nerina is reflecting on her blood-splattered path of life. As a woman, her life and that of other women folk are caught in a web of perpetual struggles to break even within the discriminative and culturally endeared traditions imposed by patriarchy. Apparently, each woman has to shed blood in every turn of her life. She is a victim of FGM, defilement, rape, a retinue of betrayals and even when she excels academically and marries 'properly', liferemains fumbling and blundering along. Her husband overreacts on rumours and grievously injures her spinal cord, hence, she is confined to a wheelchair. Nerina's life can be summarized as a journey speckled with the blood stains, albeit her strong will to succeed."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Barcode on back cover scans incorrect ISBN.
- ISBN:
- 9789914985962
- 9914985963
- OCLC:
- 1394870552
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