An edition of Maru (1971)

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An edition of Maru (1971)

Maru

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Read worldwide for her wisdom, authenticity, and skillful prose, South African born Bessie Head (1937-1986) offers a moving and magical tale of an orphaned girl, Margaret Cadmore, who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarizes a community that does not see her people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast. In the love story and intrigue that follows Head brilliantly combines a portrait of loneliness with a rich affirmation of the mystery and spirituality of life. The core of this otherworldly, rhapsodic work is a plot about racial injustice and prejudice with a lesson in how traditional intolerance may render whole sections of a society untouchable.

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Publisher
Waveland Press
Language
English
Pages
96

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Subjects

Fiction, general, Africa, fiction, Fiction, Fiction, political, Fiction, romance, historical, Teachers, fiction, Botswana, fiction

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Africa
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Maru
2014, Waveland Press
in English
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Classics - Maru
2008, Pearson Education
in English
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Maru
January 23, 1997, Heinemann
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Maru.
1995, Heinemann
in English - New ed.
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Maru
October 1988, Heinemann (Txt)
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Maru
1987, Heinemann Educational
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Maru
1985, Zimbabwe Pub. House
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Maru
1978, Heinemann Educational
in English
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Maru
1972, Heinemann Educational
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Maru.
1972, Heinemann Educational
in English
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Maru
1972, Heinemann Educational
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Maru: a novel.
1971, Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Maru,: A novel
1971, Gollancz
Unknown Binding in English
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Maru.
1971, McCall Pub. Co.
in English - [1st American ed.]
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Published in
Long Grove, Illinois
Copyright Date
1971

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR9369.3.H4 M37 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 96 pages
Number of pages
96

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL40216960M
Internet Archive
maru0000head
ISBN 10
1478607610
ISBN 13
9781478607618
OCLC/WorldCat
908511754

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