Second-Class Citizen
- Schrijfster: Buchi Emecheta (Nigeria, Engeland)
- Soort boek: sociale roman
- Taal: Engels
- Eerste druk: 1974
- Uitgever heruitgave: Penguin Modern Classics
- Verschijnt: 7 oktober 2021
- Omvang: 224 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
Recensie en waardering van de roman ui 1974
- “Buchi Emecheta was the foremother of black British women’s writing…powerful fictions written from and about our lives.” (Bernardine Evaristo)
- “Bold, brave, defiant…its exploration of blackness, the white gaze, and the development of the main character Adah’s sense of self is extremely powerfu.” (Gal-dem)
Flaptekst van de roman van Buchi Emecheta
‘Most dreams, as all dreamers know quite well, do have setbacks. Adah’s dream was no exception, for hers had many. ‘
They nicknamed Adah ’the Igbo tigress’ at school in Nigeria, she was so fearless. Now she has moved to London to join her husband, and is determined to succeed. But her welcome from 1960’s England – and the man she married – is a cold one. Providing for her growing family, struggling to survive and negotiating everyday injustices along the way, Adah still resolves that she will never give up her dream of becoming a writer.