by Buchi Emecheta · Ediciones Zanzíbar, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493289867
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«Las delicias de la maternidad» is the novel by Buchi Emecheta, published by Ediciones Zanzíbar in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Nnu Ego, repudiated for not bearing children, who starts a new life in Lagos with a husband employed in the domestic service of a British family. Motherhood, lived as duty and lineage, ends up being a burden assumed in solitude, while traditions clash with the city and colonial influence.
The work is part of the Otras narrativas collection; translation by Maya G. Vinuesa.
For those who want to discover African literature written by women and the tensions between tradition, gender and modernity.
Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer, whose work includes novels, plays, autobiography, and children's books. She was best known for her 1974 novel, Second Class Citizen. Her other novels include The Bride Price (1976), The Slave Girl (1977), and The Joys of Motherhood (1979). Emecheta has been characterized as "the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948".
