Nervous Conditions von Tsitsi Dangarembga

Set in Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe - Nervous Conditions is a coming of age story.

Nervous Conditions And Related Readings Literature Connections by by Tsitsi Dangarembga 1997 Student edition Hardcover Item specifics Condition Brand New A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the seller's listing for full details. Narrative Type Fiction Intended Audience Young Adults, Adults Country/Region of Manufacture United States Type Novel Original Language English Vintage Yes ISBN 9780395775608 Publication Year 1997 Format Hardcover Language English Book Title Literature Connections English : Nervous Conditions Author Tsitsi Dangarembga Publisher ‏ : ‎ McDougal Littell (January 1, 1997) Genre Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction Topic Language Arts / General, People & Places / Africa, General, Girls & Women About this product Product Identifiers Publisher Holt McDougal ISBN-10 0395775604 ISBN-13 9780395775608 Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 322 pages Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches Product Key Features Book Title Literature Connections English : Nervous Conditions Author Tsitsi Dangarembga Format Hardcover Language English Topic Language Arts / General, People & Places / Africa, General, Girls & Women Publication Year Genre Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Coming of Age Fiction, Classic Literature and Fiction Additional Product Features Grade from Sixth Grade Grade to Twelfth Grade Target Audience Elementary/High School Educational Level High School, Elementary School, Student Text

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE A searing novel about the obstacles facing women in Zimbabwe, by one of the country's most notable authors Anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare. For reasons that include her grim financial prospects and her age, she moves to a widow's boarding house and eventually finds work as a biology teacher. But at every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the painful contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point. In This Mournable Body, Tsitsi Dangarembga returns to the protagonist of her acclaimed first novel, Nervous Conditions, to examine how the hope and potential of a young girl and a fledgling nation can sour over time and become a bitter and floundering struggle for survival. As a last resort, Tambudzai takes an ecotourism job that forces her to return to her parents' impoverished homestead. It is this homecoming, in Dangarembga's tense and psychologically charged novel, that culminates in an act of betrayal, revealing just how toxic the combination of colonialism and capitalism can be.

She is the curator of this year's African Book Festival in Berlin. Despite struggles to get support for her projects, the award-winning Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga keeps on writing against power.