{"product_id":"kicking-tongues-9781035906116","title":"Kicking Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales \u003c\/i\u003eto modern-day Nigeria in this magnificent tale of forty very different travellers thrown together on a bus journey from Lagos to the new capital, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbuja.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Ann King-Aribisala\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1953 in Georgetown, Guyana. She is a poet, novelist, and short story writer. She grew up in Nigeria, attending the Ibadan International School and studying abroad in Barbados, Italy and London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eOur Wife and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and her novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hangman's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prizes, Best First Book Africa (1991) and Best Book Africa (2008), respectively. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe currently lives in Nigeria and is Associate Professor of English at the University of Lagos.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Apollo Publishing International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929038983442,"sku":"9781035906116","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2d34bc7-2915-43a9-bbb6-119667887902.jpg?v=1739029268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kicking-tongues-9781035906116","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}