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When Rainclouds Gather: Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying to modernise farming methods to benefit the community. The two outsiders join forces, but their task is fraught with hazards: opposition from the corrupt chief, the pressures of tradition, and the unrelenting climate ever threaten to bring tragedy. Maru: Margaret, an orphan from a despised tribe, has lived her life under the loving protection of a missionary's wife. She has only to open her mouth to cause confusion, for her education and English accent do not fit her looks. When she accepts her first teaching post, in a remote village, Margaret is befriended by Dikeledi, sister of Maru the chief-in-waiting. Despite making influential friends, Margaret faces prejudice even from the children she teaches, and her presence causes Maru and his best friend - also Dikeledi's lover - to become sworn enemies.
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When Rain Clouds Gather; Maru. RegenWolkenZeit, Englische Ausgabe, Bessie Emery Head, Helen Oyeyemi
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- 2010
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- Titel
- When Rain Clouds Gather; Maru. RegenWolkenZeit, Englische Ausgabe
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Bessie Emery Head, Helen Oyeyemi
- Verlag
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1844086224
- ISBN13
- 9781844086221
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Gegenwartsliteratur, Klassiker, Frauen, Geschichten, Afrika, Südafrika, Schriftstellerinnen, Afrikanische Literatur, Botswana, Südafrikanische Literatur
- Bewertung
- 4,1 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- When Rainclouds Gather: Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying to modernise farming methods to benefit the community. The two outsiders join forces, but their task is fraught with hazards: opposition from the corrupt chief, the pressures of tradition, and the unrelenting climate ever threaten to bring tragedy. Maru: Margaret, an orphan from a despised tribe, has lived her life under the loving protection of a missionary's wife. She has only to open her mouth to cause confusion, for her education and English accent do not fit her looks. When she accepts her first teaching post, in a remote village, Margaret is befriended by Dikeledi, sister of Maru the chief-in-waiting. Despite making influential friends, Margaret faces prejudice even from the children she teaches, and her presence causes Maru and his best friend - also Dikeledi's lover - to become sworn enemies.