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Maru:

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Heinemann, 1995 - Fiction - 127 pages

Margaret Cadmore, an orphaned Masarwa girl, comes to Dilepe to teach, only to discover that in this remote Botswana village her own people are treated as outcasts. In the love story and intrigue that follows, Bessie Head brilliantly combines a portrait of loneliness with a rich affirmation of the mystery and spirituality of life.

  

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User Review  - bbbbbbrr - Goodreads

it started out good but got dragged down by a stiff plot and overdone magical realism. commentary on the traditional caste system in botswana was interesting. the submissiveness undertone is a bummer. i like where bessie head's heart is at. Read full review

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User Review  - Annie - Goodreads

A brilliant novella by Bessie Head, portraying how the arrival of an unassuming female San/Basarwa (Kalahari Bushman) teacher wreaks havoc in a Botswana village by stirring up racism and hatred among ... Read full review

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
33
Section 3
44
Section 4
89
Section 5
107
Section 6
116
Section 7
122
Copyright

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About the author (1995)

BESSIE HEAD, one of Africa's best known writers, was born in South Africa but spent much of her life in Botswana. She died tragically early, in 1986, leaving behind her a fine collection of literary works. Tales of Tenderness and Power was the first of her works to be published after her death, and another anthology, A Woman Alone, has also been published posthumously. Both these titles reinforce Bessie Head's literary achievements, already evident in her novels Maru, When Rain clouds Gather, The Cardinals, A Collector of Treasures, A Question of Power, and her historical account Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind, which are all available in the Heinemann African Writer Series.

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TitleMaru: XD-US. ...
Issue 101 of African Writers Series, ISSN 0065-4108
Heinemann African Writers Series
AuthorBessie Head
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherHeinemann, 1995
ISBN0435909630, 9780435909635
Length127 pages
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