Title: Iban Woman
Author: Golda Mowe
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Pages: 260
ISBN: 978-1912049363
Source: Publisher
Iban Woman is the third standalone novel in the Iban series. This book presents the story of Ratai, a young Iban woman who is not so much a woman as regards the social meaning of the word. She is more skilled at hunting than at weaving skirts. War expeditions interest her more than sowing the paddy with other woman of her longhouse.
This book is at once a journey through the very intriguing Iban culture, and Ratai’s quest to find a balance between her desire to be the perfect Iban woman and her lust for adventure. But can she be an adventurer as well as the perfect Iban woman at the same time? Is it possible for a girl like Ratai, belonging to a culture wherein customs are followed so ardently, to fulfill her…
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