Efuru
Nwapa, Flora, 1931-19932023
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Pioneering author Flora Nwapa paints the stirring tale of a young wife attempting to carve out her own independence against the traditional beliefs of Igbo society. Ever since she was young, Efuru has been famed for her beauty, intelligence, and noble lineage. So her family is appalled when they uncover her betrothal to an unremarkable villager. Although generous in her devotion to him, Efuru soon begins to realise that love is weak in comparison to centuries of superstition and tradition. Her only reprieve is in the strange, vivid dream that visits her at night - one of an ethereal woman sitting at the bottom of a lake, entrancing Efuru with her beauty and lavish piles of riches. When a village sage reveals to Efuru that she has been chosen as a worshipper for the powerful lake goddess, Uhamiri, it seems she can finally find meaning in something beyond her marriage.
Main title:
Efuru / Flora Nwapa.
Author:
Nwapa, Flora, 1931-1993, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2023.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1966.
ISBN:
9781035900534 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2400318
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