Sample, Maxine, ed. 2003. Critical Essays on Bessie Head.

Sample, Maxine, ed. 2003. CRITICAL ESSAYS ON BESSIE HEAD. Westport, CT: Praeger. xii, 150 pp. $ 61.00 (cloth).

Bessie Head [1937-1986) was a South African writer who lived in exile in Botswana from 1964 onward. This book features six chapters devoted to her works and an introduction and a biographical chapter by the editor. Five chapters are devoted to one novel each; another chapter treats Head's short stories, and an informative essay by Sample discusses letters, bibliographies, biographies, thematic monographs about identity, place, nature, and major protagonists, and has ...

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