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Possessing the secret of joy / Alice Walker.
- Title
- Possessing the secret of joy / Alice Walker.
- Author
- Walker, Alice, 1944-
- Publication
- New York : New Press, c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3573.A425 P67 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 286 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- After undergoing a brutal procedure of female genital mutilation in Africa, Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in The Color Purple, immigrates to the United States and, following her struggles to understand her past, eventually discovers the secret of joy.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction
- Fiction
- Note
- Originally published: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt Brace, 1992.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- "[T]his is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman. . .whose memory of her sister's early death and whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated forever alter her existence. Narrated through an evocative chorus of voices. . .[this story] follows Tashi's struggle to understand the forces of oppression that led to her trauma, to access her own painful past (even seeking treatment from Carl Jung), and, eventually, to discover the secret of joy." -- Back cover
- ISBN
- 9781595583642 (pbk.)
- 1595583645 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2008541887
- OCLC
- 226238790
- SCSB-11458399
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library