Question of Power

Name: Question of Power
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ISBN: 9780143528487

ISBN-10: 0143528483

ISBN-13: 9780143528487

Edition: 2011

Authors: Bessie Head

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In this semi-autobiographical novel, Head tracks the protagonist Elizabeth's struggle to emerge from the oppressive social situation in which she finds herself, and from the nightmares and hallucinations that torment her. Elizabeth, like the author, was conceived in an out-of-wedlock union between a black man and a white woman of social standing - a union outlawed by her country of birth, South Africa. Elizabeth leaves South Africa with her young son to live in Botswana, a country that has escaped some of the worst evils of colonial domination. But in rural Botswana she is once again faced with a constricting social system as the villagers are suspicious of her urban ways and frown upon her…

Book details

List price: $9.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Publication date: 5/31/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English