A Question of Power explained

A Question of Power is a novel by Bessie Head. The novel follows Elizabeth as she leaves South Africa to live in Botswana and experiences power relationships. Encyclopædia Britannica describes it as a "frankly autobiographical account of disorientation and paranoia in which the heroine survives by sheer force of will".^[1]

Elizabeth searches for wholeness, in a journey through hell.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Bibliography

• Book: Head, Bessie . A Question of Power . 1974 . London : Heinemann Educational . 978-0-435-90149-3 . London.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-04-13 . Bessie Emery Head South African Writer, Post-Apartheid Fiction . 2024-05-05 . . en.
2. Beard . Linda Susan . December 1979 . Bessie Head's A Question of Power: The Journey Through Disintegration to Wholeness . . 15 . 4 . 267-274 .
3. Web site: Aull . Felice . 2006-05-02 . A Question of Power . 2024-04-20 . LitMed.
4. Rose . Jacqueline . 1994 . On the 'Universality' of Madness: Bessie Head's "A Question of Power" . Critical Inquiry . 20 . 3 . 401–418 . 10.1086/448719 . 0093-1896 . 1343863.
5. Web site: NinaG . 2013-06-03 . Revisiting Bessie Head's 'A Question of Power' for #WPGhBookClub . 2024-04-20 . Muse & Words . en.