A Woman Alone by Bessie Head

A Woman Alone by Bessie Head

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Zusammenfassung

Journalistic sketches, essays and personal notes form a biographical study of South African-born Bessie Head's complex existence. Born in 1937, the result of an "illicit" union between a black man and a white woman, Bessie spent her early years in South Africa.

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A Woman Alone by Bessie Head

Journalistic sketches, essays and personal notes form a biographical study of South African born Bessie Head's complex existence. Born in 1937, the result of an "illicit" union between a black man and a white woman, Bessie spent her early years in South Africa, a period of exile in Botswana (1964-79) and was a Botswana citizen before her death at the age of 49.
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 Treasures, a book of short stories exploring the position of women in Africa.
Bessie Head died in Serowe, Botswana in 1986, aged only 49.
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ISBN 13 9780435905781
ISBN 10 0435905783
Titel A Woman Alone
Autor Bessie Head
Serie African Writers Series
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks
Erscheinungsjahr 1990-10-31
Seitenanzahl 107
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