A Question of Power
Author | : Bessie Head |
Publisher | : Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1974 |
ISBN-10 | : 0435907204 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780435907204 |
Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "When Elizabeth learns the devastating truth about her mother, locked away for defying Apartheid, she flees South Africa and begins a new life in Botswana, at Motabeng, the village of the rain-wind. But Elizabeth is tormented by two men, Dan and Sello, who represent for her a private vision of hell into which she sinks deeper and deeper. This novel interweaves one woman's terrifying experience of insanity with the madness and cruelty of life in a divided society. A Question of Power is the unforgettable study of an individual - and a race - whose identity has been annihilated, and their resulting struggle to endure"--Publisher's description.