A Terrible Matriarchy

Author: Easterine Kire

Brand: Penguin

Color: Blue

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 240

Release Date: 01-12-2007

Details: Young Dielieno is five years old when she is sent off to live with her disciplinarian grandmother who wants her to grow up to be a good Naga wife and mother. According to Grandmother, girls didn't need an education, they didn't need love and affection or time to play or even a good piece of meat with their gravy! Naturally Dielieno hates her with a vengeance. This is the evocative tale of a young girl growing up in a traditional society in India's Northeast, which is in the midst of tremendous change. Easterine Iralu writes about a place and a people that she knows well and is a part of and brings to the storytelling a lyrical beauty which can on occasion chill the reader with its realistic portrayals of the spirits of the dead that inhabit the quiet hills and valleys of Nagaland.

EAN: 0008189884077

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English