{"product_id":"9781917126076","title":"On A Woman's Madness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-3 [ lg:mb-10 ] [ last:mb-0 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"last:mb-0 h2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis classic of queer literature – as electrifying today as it was when it first appeared in 1982 – tells the story of a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her choosing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[ lg:columns-2 lg:gap-gutter-lg ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg lg:c-wysiwyg--tight-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Noenka’s abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, she flees her hometown in Suriname, on South America’s tropical northeastern coast, for the capital city of Paramaribo. Unsettled and unsupported, her life in this new place is illuminated by romance and new freedoms, but also forever haunted by her past and society’s expectations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrikingly translated by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemer’s classic queer novel is a tentpole of European and post-colonial literature. And amid tales of plantation-dwelling snakes, rare orchids, and star-crossed lovers, it is also a blistering meditation on the cruelties we inflict on those who disobey. Roemer, the first Surinamese winner of the prestigious Dutch Literature Prize, carves out postcolonial Suriname in barbed, resonant fragments. Who is Noenka? Roemer asks us. ‘I’m Noenka,’ she responds resolutely, ‘which means Never Again.’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A modern classic set in Suriname and lyrically rendered into English for the first time, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn a Woman’s Madness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a testament to both the resilience of queer lives that exist everywhere and everytime and the alchemy of literary translation where a perfect book meets its perfect translator. Through its heightened understanding of character and history filtered through a lush and enriched language, Astrid Roemer draws from suffering, heat, and imprisonment to create a story of love, survival, and freedom that translator Lucy Scott expertly reweaves into English with an empathetic, artistically accomplished touch\". - — The 2025 Booker Prize judges on 'On a Woman's Madness'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Astrid Roemer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 October 2024 by Tilted Axis Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 284 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 21 | 216g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperback \/ softback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55384530256248,"sku":"9781917126076","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0409\/6671\/7600\/files\/9781917126076_da007e35-7071-47fe-aa12-dfee963cf38d.jpg?v=1765297167","url":"https:\/\/afroribooks.co.uk\/products\/9781917126076","provider":"Afrori Books LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}