Possessing the Secret of Joy

A provocative novel about an African tribal woman's battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.

About the author

ALICE WALKER is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.

Summary

A provocative novel about an African tribal woman’s battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrie Walker, Alice Walker
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.06.1992
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780151731527
• ISBN: 978-0-15-173152-7
• Pages: 304
• Dimensions (packing): 13.3 x 23.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 4,531 g
• Series: Houghton Mifflin
• Subjects: Romance, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, FICTION: Women, FICTION: African American & Black / Women, FICTION: African American & Black / Mystery & Detective, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, FICTION: African American & Black / Historical, FICTION: Romance / African American & Black, FICTION: African American & Black / Urban & Street Lit, FICTION: World Literature / American / General, Street fiction / urban fiction, Narrative theme: Health and illness