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      The Lovers

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      Expanded and updated collection of short stories using Head’s ‘Tales of Tenderness and Power’ as a basis.

      The Loverscollects Head’s short fiction of the 1960s and 70s, written mainly in Serowe, Botswana, and depicting the lives and loves of African village people...

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      Description

      Product ID:9780435045715
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Heinemann African Writers Series
      Title:The Lovers
      Authors:Author: Bessie Head
      Page Count:184
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories
      Description:Expanded and updated collection of short stories using Head’s ‘Tales of Tenderness and Power’ as a basis.

      The Loverscollects Head’s short fiction of the 1960s and 70s, written mainly in Serowe, Botswana, and depicting the lives and loves of African village people pre- and post-independence. An earlier selection called Tales of Tenderness and Power was published in the Heinemann African Writers Series in 1990, but this expanded and updated volume adds many previously unavailable stories collected here for the first time. Anthology favourites like her breakthrough ''The Woman from America'' and ''The Prisoner who Wore Glasses'' are included, leading up to the first complete text of her much translated title story.

       


      Imprint Name:Heinemann
      Publisher Name:Pearson Education Limited
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2011-03-24

      Additional information

      Weight200 g
      Dimensions198 × 130 × 12 mm