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The concubine

by Elechi Amadi

1966 280 pages eng ★ 4.8 (5 ratings)

Set in a remote village in Eastern Nigeria, an area yet to be affected by European values and where society is orderly and predictable, this novel concerns a woman 'of great beauty and dignity' who inadvertently brings suffering and death to all her lovers. Written in a grave and simple style the no…

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