Southern Africa
Botswana
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
Semi-autobiographical novel following Elizabeth, a South African exile in Botswana, through a descent into psychosis. Head navigates racism, exile, gender, and spiritual suffering with extraordinary intensity.
Literary Significance
Head's most ambitious work; one of the most powerful explorations of mental illness and exile in African fiction
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editorial-summarynot primary textSemi-autobiographical novel following Elizabeth, a South African exile in Botswana, through a descent into psychosis. Head navigates racism, exile, gender, and spiritual suffering with extraordinary intensity. Head's most ambitious work; one of the most powerful explorations of mental illness and exile in African fiction
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