Title

In the Ditch

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

1995

Publication Title

Masterplots II: Women's Literature

First Page

1149

Last Page

1153

Abstract

Originally written as a collection of "observations" and published serially in The New Statesman, In the Ditch, Buchi Emecheta's first novel, is discussed almost always only in relation to Second Class Citizen (1974), its rightful chronological predecessor. Like its companion piece, In the Ditch is heavily autobiographical, following Eme­cheta's own descent into the "ditch" of welfare living and enforced dysfunctionality.

Comments

Used by permission of EBSCO Information Services.

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