Overview
Region
East Africa
Mozambique
Era
Contemporary
Language
Portuguese
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Rami discovers her husband has four other wives and brings them all together, forging an unexpected sisterhood. A comic, sensual, and deeply political novel about marriage, female solidarity, and what women owe themselves.
Literary Significance
Chiziane was the first Mozambican woman to publish a novel; Niketche won the Jose Saramago Prize 2003