A Question of Power
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A Question of Power is a novel by Bessie Head. 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]
Bibliography
[edit]- Head, Bessie (1974). A Question of Power. London: London : Heinemann Educational. ISBN 978-0-435-90149-3.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bessie Emery Head | South African Writer, Post-Apartheid Fiction". Britannica. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ 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 (2006-05-02). "A Question of Power". LitMed. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ 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 (2013-06-03). "Revisiting Bessie Head's 'A Question of Power' for #WPGhBookClub". Muse & Words. Retrieved 2024-04-20.