Publication Date: 16/01/2020 ISBN: 9780571355518 Category:

This Mournable Body

Tsitsi Dangarembga

Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 16/01/2020 ISBN: 9780571355518 Category:
Hardback

£14.99

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE

‘MAGNIFICENT.’ Guardian ‘A MASTERPIECE.’ New York Times ‘MARVELLOUS.’ Sara Collins ‘BRILLIANT.’ Madeleine Thien ‘HYPNOTIC.’ Daily Telegraph ‘SEARING.’ Sefi Atta ‘A MAVERICK VOICE.’ A Igoni Barrett ‘A MUST READ.’ Helon Habila ‘SUBTLE AND INTELLIGENT.’ TLS ‘A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT.’ Literary Review

Here we meet Tambudzai, living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare and anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job. 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 tense and psychologically charged novel, Tsitsi Dangarembga channels the hope and potential of one young girl and a fledgling nation to lead us on a journey to discover where lives go after hope has departed.

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