Fiction1977

The Collector of Treasures

Bessie Head
Overview
Region

Southern Africa

Botswana

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Thirteen short stories drawing on Botswana village life, women who endure violence, men who abdicate, and communities that hold together through traditional values and collective memory, illuminating ordinary lives with extraordinary dignity.

Literary Significance

Considered Head's finest fiction writing; essential to the canon of African women's short fiction

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