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A Question of Power (Heinemann African Writers Series)

A Question of Power (Heinemann African Writers Series)

by Bessie Head (Author), Bessie Head (Author), Ms Bessie Head (Author)

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Synopsis

It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission principal's cruel revelations of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown, but in the dark loneliness of the Botswanan night, the frightened South African refugee slips in and out of sanity.

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Format: paperback
 Publisher: Heinemann
Published:
ISBN 10: 0435907204
ISBN 13: 9780435907204

Media Reviews
?Head brilliantly develops ascending degrees of personal isolation, and is very moving when she describes abating pain.?-The Sunday Times
Author Bio
Born in South Africa, Bessie Head, had a traumatic life and she drew heavily upon her experiences for her novels. Her first novel, When Rain Clouds Gather grew out of her experience as a refugee, and was followed by Maru and A Question of Power (1973). In 1977 she published The Collector of Treasure s, a book of short stories exploring the position of women in Africa. Bessie Head died in Serowe, Botswana in 1986, aged only 49.