| Publisher: | Heinemann |
| Genres: | Fiction Books, Africa Books, African Literature |
| Authors: | Bessie Head |
| Pages: | 206 pages |
| ISBN13: | 9780435907204 |
| Language: | en |
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"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.