{"product_id":"9781872086040","title":"A Gesture of Belonging: Letters from Bessie Head, 1965–1979, edited by Randolph Vigne (used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecond-hand copy — condition: very good.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Gesture of Belonging collects the letters Bessie Head wrote to Randolph Vigne, her close friend and confidant, over more than a decade, from 1965 to 1979. Head met Vigne during her Cape Town years, and wrote to him from Serowe, Botswana, where she lived as a political refugee and a single mother. Edited by Vigne, the letters uncover the traumas, insecurities and creative life of one of Africa's celebrated writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBessie Head is one of Africa's celebrated writers, known for novels such as When Rain Clouds Gather (1968); she also wrote short stories and essays. Randolph Vigne was a South African anti-apartheid activist, influential in the Liberal Party of South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSA Writers, London, 1991 (with Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH). 229 pages. Includes index. ISBN 9781872086040.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Writers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50867431440642,"sku":"9781872086040","price":140.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/9781872086040.heic?v=1792924824","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/9781872086040","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}