East Africa
Mozambique
Contemporary
Portuguese
Fiction
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
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editorial-summarynot primary textRami 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. Chiziane was the first Mozambican woman to publish a novel; Niketche won the Jose Saramago Prize 2003
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