The Cardinals: With Meditations and Short Stories
A African Literature, Literature book. Gradually Bessie Head is becoming my most read author. It all started after the...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 141 pages
- ISBN: 9780435909673 / 435909673
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A moving story set in apartheid South Africa. Mouse, a young shy woman who never knew her real parents and does not know how to love and be loved is pursued by her colleague journalist, Johnny. Johnny has had several amorous affairs but falls in love with Mouse and proceeds to teach her to love him through brutal methods. With several... Gradually Bessie Head is becoming my most read author. It all started after the Writers Project of Ghana held its twitter discussion on her book A Question of Power. I had earlier read the book (and two others: A Woman Alone and Maru), even before it was chosen and had had it reviewed on this blog. However, the discussion got me thinking... Leider wurde ich mit Sternenwende so gar nicht warm. Die Gefhlswelt der Protagonisten war mir unverstndlich, der Klappentext nahm zuviel von der Handlung vorweg und wenn ich im Nachwort dieser Ausgabe lese, dass es sich bei der Beziehung von Johnny und Mouse um Bessie Heads Idealvorstellung der Liebe und gleichberechtigten Partnerschaft...
