for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (häftad, eng)

''Inspiring. Emotionally charged. Ground-breaking'' BERNARDINE EVARISTO

''A revelation. I am so thankful to Ntozake Shange for seeing us, reflecting us and showing us how beautiful we can be'' JESMYN WARD

''Encompassing, it seems, every feeling and experience a woman has ever had'' NEW YORKER

The Lady in Red has adored her lover for eight months, 2 weeks and a day, but now she is leavingThe Lady in Blue has an abortion, all alone. The Lady in Brown can read fifteen books in three weeks.

The Lady in Purple has met a man, and is finally being real. The Lady in Yellow was a virgin, until she spent her graduation night driving around in a black Buick with boysAnd the Lady in Orange has to dance to keep from crying and dying.

Written in 1975 and immediately hailed as a masterwork, this ''choreo-poem'' is made up of monologues detailing loss, betrayal, love and community. A passionate and fearless portrait of black womanhood in the twentieth century, it resonates with deep emotional power and unusual beauty

A W&N Essential