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A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings

Journalistic sketches, essays and personal notes form a biographical study of South African born Bessie Head's complex existence. Born in 1937, the result of an illicit union between a black man and a white woman, Bessie spent her early years in South Africa, a period of exile in Botswana (1964-79) and was a Botswana citizen before her death at the age of 49.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 107
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780435905781
  • Genres
  • africa, essays, memoir, botswana, autobiography
  • Release date
  • 1990