Maru

Bessie Head

earliest edition we have, 1971 Heinemann Educational, 1972 127 pages

African writers series

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 in...

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Editions we hold

Maru edition · 2014 · Waveland Press · 96 pages · 9781478607618
Classics - Maru edition · 2008 · Pearson Education · 120 pages · 9780435913588
Maru. edition · 1995 · Heinemann · 127 pages
Maru edition · 1988 · Heinemann (Txt) · 128 pages · 9780435907181
Maru edition · 1987 · Heinemann Educational · 127 pages
Maru edition · 1985 · Zimbabwe Pub. House · 127 pages
Maru. edition · 1972 · Heinemann Educational · 127 pages
Maru. edition · 1971 · McCall Pub. Co. · 127 pages
Maru, edition · 1971 · Gollancz · 127 pages · 9780575005426

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