Bessie Emery Head Bücher

Als Tochter einer Weißen, die in eine Nervenklinik eingeliefert wird, weil sie das Kind eines Schwarzen erwartet, lebt Elizabeth in der Angst, auch wahnsinnig zu werden. Eine Angst, die angesichts des Wahnsinns der Apartheid in Südafrika, dem sie ausgesetzt ist, nicht unbegründet ist. Dieser autobiographisch gefärbte Roman Bessie Heads erzählt die Geschichte einer psychischen Verstörung, wie sie nur in einer zutiefst rassistischen Gesellschaft gedeihen kann.

Belletristik : Südafrika (Republik) ; Erzählungen.

Two exiles--one white, one black--in a poor village in Botswana struggle with tradition, climate, and the local chief as they try to modernize the villagers' farming methods.

When Rainclouds Gather: Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying to modernise farming methods to benefit the community. The two outsiders join forces, but their task is fraught with hazards: opposition from the corrupt chief, the pressures of tradition, and the unrelenting climate ever threaten to bring tragedy. Maru: Margaret, an orphan from a despised tribe, has lived her life under the loving protection of a missionary's wife. She has only to open her mouth to cause confusion, for her education and English accent do not fit her looks. When she accepts her first teaching post, in a remote village, Margaret is befriended by Dikeledi, sister of Maru the chief-in-waiting. Despite making influential friends, Margaret faces prejudice even from the children she teaches, and her presence causes Maru and his best friend - also Dikeledi's lover - to become sworn enemies.