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possessing the secret of joy
Alice Walker
Synopsis "possessing the secret of joy"
From the author the New York Times Book Review calls a lavishly gifted writer, this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in The Color Purple whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated leads to a trauma that informs her life and fatefully alters her existence. Possessing the Secret of Joy, out of print for a number of years, was the first novel to deal with this controversial topic and managed to do so in a manner that Cosmopolitan called masterful, honorable, and unforgettable storytelling. The New Press is proud to bring the book back into print with a new preface by the author addressing the book's initial reception and the changed attitudes toward female genital mutilation that have come about in part because of this book.
(1944) Escritora afroamericana que recibió el Premio Pulitzer a la obra de ficción en 1983 por la novela El color púrpura y se convirtió en la primera persona afrodescendiente en conseguirlo. También recibió el National Book Award el mismo año. Es autora de poemas, relatos cortos y novelas. Walker destaca por su activismo en favor de los derechos de las mujeres, las minorías étnicas y la liberación sexual.