A Question of Power
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| Author | Bessie Head |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Davis-Poynter |
| Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Maru |
| Followed by | The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales |
A Question of Power is a novel by the South African-born Motswana writer Bessie Head, first published in London, England, in 1973. The novel follows Elizabeth as she leaves South Africa to live in Botswana and experiences power relationships. Encyclopædia Britannica describes it as a "frankly autobiographical account of disorientation and paranoia in which the heroine survives by sheer force of will".[1]
Elizabeth searches for wholeness, in a journey through hell.[2][3][4][5]
Publication history
[edit]- London: Davis-Poynter, 1973.
- New York: Pantheon, 1974.
- Heinemann Educational Books (African Writers Series 149), 1974;[6] 1986.
- Penguin Modern Classics, with an introduction by Margaret Busby, 2002;[7] Penguin African Writers, 2012.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bessie Emery Head | South African Writer, Post-Apartheid Fiction". Britannica. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ Beard, Linda Susan (December 1979). "Bessie Head's A Question of Power: The Journey Through Disintegration to Wholeness". Colby Quarterly. 15 (4): 267–274.
- ↑ Aull, Felice (2 May 2006). "A Question of Power". LitMed. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ Rose, Jacqueline (1994). "On the 'Universality' of Madness: Bessie Head's "A Question of Power"". Critical Inquiry. 20 (3): 401–418. doi:10.1086/448719. ISSN 0093-1896. JSTOR 1343863.
- ↑ NinaG (3 June 2013). "Revisiting Bessie Head's 'A Question of Power' for #WPGhBookClub". Muse & Words. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ Head, Bessie (1974). A Question of Power. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435-90720-4.
- ↑ "A Question of Power". book-info.com. ISBN 978-0-14-118721-1. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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