{"product_id":"kicking-tongues","title":"Kicking Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): King-Aribisala, Karen \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 14\/03\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781035906116,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to modern-day Nigeria in this magnificent tale of forty very different travellers thrown together on a bus journey from Lagos to the new capital, Abuja.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully selected by their hostess – an enigmatic figure who calls herself, ‘The Black Lady The’ – the passengers on this journey range from a wealthy tribal chief to a humble petrol pump attendant, from a rain-maker to a reserved woman observing purdah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are united only by their dissatisfaction with Nigeria’s chaotic and corrupt regime, a concern which is reflected in the widely differing stories they tell on their journey – bawdy tales, sharp satires, poignant narratives and moral fables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending poetry and prose, rich visual images, and witty puns, Karen King-Aribisala succeeds in transforming a fourteenth-century English classic into an exuberant and distinctively African work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43105011990572,"sku":"9781035906116","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781035906116.jpg?v=1713022579","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/kicking-tongues","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}