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020 _a0-582-78600-2
100 _aAlkali, Zaynab
245 4 _aThe Stillborn
260 _bLongman Group Ltd
260 _c1984
300 _a106
520 _aThis novel takes one to the heart of an African village, into huts and down to streams to collect water and firewood, as we follow Li’s choices in life. One cannot ignore the harsh patriarchal rules imposed on women in this society. Women are meant to stay home and wait for proposals, or for their husbands to come home. Women wait, while men go out in search of their destinies...
650 _aFiction
942 _2DDC
942 _cBK
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