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Maru (Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics)
Bessie Head
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Description for Maru (Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics)
Paperback. A bestselling title in Heinemann's long-established 'African Writers Series', this novel is now being published with a new introduction as part of the new series 'African Writers Series Classics'. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics. 120 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight: 104.
Maru is the moving tale of an orphaned Masarwa girl who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarises a community which does not see Masarwa people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast. Bessie Head was one of the best-known writers in Africa, whose works were mostly inspired by her own traumatic life experiences as an outcast in Apartheid South African society. This edition of Maru includes an introduction by Stephen Gray, former Head of English at ... Read more
Maru is the moving tale of an orphaned Masarwa girl who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarises a community which does not see Masarwa people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast. Bessie Head was one of the best-known writers in Africa, whose works were mostly inspired by her own traumatic life experiences as an outcast in Apartheid South African society. This edition of Maru includes an introduction by Stephen Gray, former Head of English at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Harlow, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780435913588
SKU
V9780435913588
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