{"product_id":"on-a-womans-madness","title":"On a Woman's Madness","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn a Woman‚Äôs Madness \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her hometown in Suriname, on South America's tropical northeastern coast, for the capital city of Paramaribo. Unsettled and unsupported, her life in this new place is illuminated by romance and new freedoms, but also forever haunted by her past and society‚Äôs expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrikingly translated by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemer‚Äôs classic queer novel is a tentpole of European and post-colonial literature. And amid tales of plantation-dwelling snakes, rare orchids, and star-crossed lovers, it is also a blistering meditation on the cruelties we inflict on those who disobey. Roemer, the first Surinamese winner of the prestigious Dutch Literature Prize, carves out postcolonial Suriname in barbed, resonant fragments. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho is Noenka?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Roemer asks us. ‚ÄúI‚Äôm Noenka,‚Äù she responds resolutely, ‚Äúwhich means Never Again.‚Äù\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120158773533,"sku":"9781949641646","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781949641646.jpg?v=1751399451","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/on-a-womans-madness","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}