by Bessie Head · Macmillan Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780435272487
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«When Rain Clouds Gather» is the graded reader of the novel by Bessie Head, published by Macmillan Education in paperback (80 pages, in English).
Bessie Head sets the story in Botswana: a South African refugee arrives in a rural village and works with the locals to introduce new farming techniques to cope with the drought. The plot deals with community life and the struggle to survive in a hostile environment.
This edition, published in 1992, belongs to the Heinemann Guided Readers series, Intermediate level; the text is adapted by Margaret Tarner.
Suitable for intermediate-level students of English as a foreign language (ESL).
Bessie Amelia Emery Head was a South African writer who, though born in South Africa, is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer. She wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works that are infused with spiritual questioning and reflection. Notable books by her include When Rain Clouds Gather (1968), Maru (1971) and A Question of Power (1973).
