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Our sister killjoy, or, Reflections from a black-eyed squint

Aidoo, Ama Ata, 1942-20232025
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Sissie is leaving Africa for the first time, arriving in Europe on a scholarship to experience the glories of a Western education. In Germany, as guest of honour over embassy cocktails, she cringes at her countrymen. In a Bavarian castle, she is seduced by a lonely local mother to Little Adolf. In freezing London, she witnesses 'been-tos' sharing myths of an overseas idyll. In between continents, she writes a letter on the plane to her exiled former lover. But it is not sent. She will tell these tales back at home.
Main title:
Our sister killjoy, or, Reflections from a black-eyed squint / Ama Ata Aidoo.
Author:
Aidoo, Ama Ata, 1942-2023, author
Work:
Our sister killjoy, or, Reflections from a black-eyed squint
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2025.©1977
Collation:
xiii, 174 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Faber editions
Notes:
Originally published: London: Longman, 1977.
ISBN:
9780571388004 (pbk)9780571388004 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR9379.9.A35
Language:
English
Added title:
Reflections from a black-eyed squintOur sister Killjoy
Subject:
Ghanaians -- Europe -- FictionWomen -- Ghana -- FictionLife -- FictionAfrican students -- Europe -- FictionGhana -- Fiction
BRN:
828661
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=828661
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
City LibraryFiction PaperbackGeneral AOn loan - Due: 09 Jul 2026
Library at the DockFiction PaperbackGeneral AAvailable
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