{"product_id":"kicking-tongues","title":"Kicking Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003eKaren King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer'sand Canterbury Talesand 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,and Abuja.Carefully 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.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.Blending 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\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen King-Aribisala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44226991325244,"sku":"9781035906116","price":1197.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781035906116_201.jpg?v=1776775533","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/kicking-tongues","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}