{"product_id":"kicking-tongues","title":"Kicking Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Carefully selected by their hostess – an enigmatic figure who calls herself, ‘The Black Lady’ – 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. They 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Karen King-Aribisala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45367989666049,"sku":"9781035906116","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2024-07-04T143539.463.png?v=1720100151","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/kicking-tongues","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}