A Question of Power (Heinemann African Writers Series) - Softcover

Head, Bessie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435907204 ISBN 13: 9780435907204

Publisher: Heinemann, 1986

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.

About this title

About the Authors

BESSIE HEAD, one of Africa's best known writers, was born in South Africa but spent much of her life in Botswana. She died tragically early, in 1986, leaving behind her a fine collection of literary works. Tales of Tenderness and Power was the first of her works to be published after her death, and another anthology, A Woman Alone, has also been published posthumously. Both these titles reinforce Bessie Head's literary achievements, already evident in her novels Maru, When Rain clouds Gather, The Cardinals, A Collector of Treasures, A Question of Power, and her historical account Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind, which are all available in the Heinemann African Writer Series.

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 byMaru and A Question of Power (1973). In 1977 she published The Collector of Treasures, a book of short stories exploring the position of women in Africa.

Bessie Head died in Serowe, Botswana in 1986, aged only 49.

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0435907204
• ISBN 13: 9780435907204
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208