Prudenti come serpenti

This was one of those novels that takes the well trodden (but almost always readable) path of the African women's novel and turns it on it's head. I burned through novels by Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa because of their raw unapologetic honesty in portraying the lives of Nigerian women. Still, aft Leggi tutto

Baba Segi is a patriarch, comfortably off but not rich, unsophisticated and boorish but not brutal, sexist but not misogynistic. In return for a home, financial support, and the dubious privilege of sharing their beds with him on allotted nights, the "four wives" of Baba Segi cook, clean up after an Leggi tutto

This book was a delightful surprise; I laughed, I cried, I GASPED as I read. This contemporary Nigerian novel focuses on the happy-enough household of Baba Segi, where his three wives and their children have learned to live in relative harmony. But when Baba Segi takes a fourth wife—this one a unive Leggi tutto

Men are so simple. They will believe everything. I took my time to read this book but I am so happy I finally got around to reading The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives . I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was well written, paced perfectly and very addictive reading. Baba Segi is married to three

This book blew me away. I never thought I'd be interested in a book about Africa; it's usually not my thing. The novel had me hooked after the first page. The language is mesmerising and it was refreshing to read what English sounds like when it has an African feel. The novel is about a polygamous f Leggi tutto

WILD...yes that's exactly how I need to start this review. I don't know if I've quite read anything like this book before The Secret Lives of the Four Wives is fascinating in more ways than one. I'm treading very carefully in how I talk about this book because knowing as little as possible is probabl Leggi tutto

Kitaip, paprastai, spalvingai, ir tiesiai į dešimtuką! Keturios moterys. Keturi likimai.Kiekviena jų audžiančios savą istoriją, priežastis, tikslą. Išsilaisvinti, valdyti, pabėgti nuo savęs, atkeršyti... Ir dosnusis Baba Segi, valdantis haremą..ar jis tik priemonė tikslui pasiekti, visų keturių moterų Leggi tutto

Nors pažinti kitas kultūras per skaitymą be galo įdomu, kartais atsivertusi knygą suprantu, kad esu taip nutolusi nuo kitos tautos realybės, kad sunku tiek ją suprasti, tiek bandyti susitapatinti ar neteisti. Taip nutiko ir su šiuo romanu – pradėjau jį kiek atsargiai, nežinodama, ko tikėtis, ir jau Leggi tutto