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Nervous Conditions

By Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Nervous Conditions

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A modern classic from the Booker-shortlisted author of This Mournable Body The groundbreaking first novel in Tsitsi Dangarembga's award-winning trilogy, Nervous Conditions, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and has been "hailed as one of the 20th century's most significant works of African literature" (The New York Times). Two decades before Zimbabwe would win independence and ended white minority rule, thirteen-year-old Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her education. On her shoulders rest the economic hopes of her parents, siblings, and extended family, and within her burns the desire for independence. She yearns to be free of the constraints of her rural village and thinks she's found her way out when her wealthy uncle offers to sponsor her schooling. But she soon learns that the education she receives at his mission school comes with a price.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2021-05-18
Publication Date:
2021-05-18
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1644450712
ISBN13:
9781644450710
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
398 g
Height:
138 cm
Width:
206 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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