When Rain Clouds Gather
| Title | When Rain Clouds Gather |
| Year for Search | 1968 |
| Authors | Head, Bessie(1937-86) |
| Date Published | 1968 |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Botswanan author, Female author, South African author |
| Annotation | A novel set in Botswana that presents a village that is both described as a eutopia and is the location of an attempt to create one. As a result, the novel also indirectly discusses what might constitute utopia in the poverty of modern Africa. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. London: William Heinemann, 1972. U.S. ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969. |
| Author Note | The author (1937-86) was born in South Africa and lived in Botswana from 1964. |
| Full Text | 1968 Head, Bessie (1937-86). When Rain Clouds Gather. London: Victor Gollancz. Rpt. London: William Heinemann, 1972. U.S. ed. New York: Simon & Schuster. A novel set in Botswana that presents a village that is both described as a eutopia and is the location of an attempt to create one. As a result, the novel also indirectly discusses what might constitute utopia in the poverty of modern Africa. The female author was born in South Africa and lived in Botswana from 1964. |
