A Question of Power
de Head, Bessie
- Usado
- Estado
- UsedGood
- ISBN 10
- 0435907204
- ISBN 13
- 9780435907204
- Librería
-
Rotterdam , New York, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Sinopsis
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 standinga 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 individualistic behavior. They also bear her ill will on racial grounds because she is light skinned like the Bushmen’ who are a despised tribe there. Elizabeth suffers not only social isolation but intellectual deprivation as well. One of the few people with whom she can converse as an intellectual equal is the American Peace Corps volunteer, Tom. During the four years in which Elizabeth is plagued by mental, social and economic challenges, it is Tom, and her own love for and obligation to her young son that help her to survive this ordeal.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Bulk Book Warehouse (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 581QRT000MEG_ns
- Título
- A Question of Power
- Autor
- Head, Bessie
- Estado del libro
- UsedGood
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0435907204
- ISBN 13
- 9780435907204
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- June 22, 1987
Términos de venta
Bulk Book Warehouse
Sobre el vendedor
Bulk Book Warehouse
Sobre Bulk Book Warehouse
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...