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A review by pavel_nedelcu
The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales by Bessie Head
4.0
This collection of stories tells the life of the African rural society in Botswana, which is not an easy task for the writer, since she has to culturaly translate and/or adapt a totally different way of thinking and perceiving the world (i.e., from the Western, dominant one).
Nevertheless, Bessie Head is a skilled writer and has choosen the right way to describe the everyday difficulties of the village life. But the human dramma is more visible when she descrbes the condition of women who are abused, despised and/or not understood.
A very accurate inside vision, which would hardly be easier to grasp if crafted otherwise.
Nevertheless, Bessie Head is a skilled writer and has choosen the right way to describe the everyday difficulties of the village life. But the human dramma is more visible when she descrbes the condition of women who are abused, despised and/or not understood.
A very accurate inside vision, which would hardly be easier to grasp if crafted otherwise.