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Product Identifiers
PublisherClarke Publishing, The Limited, Ayebia
ISBN-100954702336
ISBN-139780954702335
eBay Product ID (ePID)63033359
Product Key Features
Book TitleNervous Conditions
Number of Pages222 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicContemporary Women, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorTsiti Dangarembga
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight7.6 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsMany good novels written by men have come out of Africa, but few by Black women. This is the novel we have been waiting for... it will become a classic., It is the late 1960s and Tambu is a 13- year-old in rural Zimbabwe. "Although our squalor was brutal," she says, "it was uncompromisingly ours." Her brother Nhamo has been sent to the mission school in town, his education paid for by her uncle, the family elder. Tambu is thirsty for knowledge, and feels the injustice of being kept on the family homestead, but Nhamo tells her she'd be "better off with less thinking and more respect." Tsitsi Dangarembga's semi-autobiographical debut was first published in 1988, when it won a Commonwealth Writers prize. It has since become a staple on Eng Lit courses, and is now reissued with a scholarly introduction. A coming-of-age story, it ticks all the right boxes for student essayists--colonialism, gender, race--and provides a mine of information about Shona customs. Its appeal to lay readers lies with the guileless Tambu, who starts off as a rather prim little girl but turns into a perceptive and independent young woman., Dangarembga raises issues about culture, conflict, displacement, family relationships, consciousness and emancipation in a postcolonial society. On another level, it illustrates what children raised between two cultures may have to contend with. Nervous Conditions will find an audience with young people (especially women) and those working in health, teaching and social work professions, "It is the late 1960s and Tambu is a 13- year-old in rural Zimbabwe. "Although our squalor was brutal," she says, "it was uncompromisingly ours." Her brother Nhamo has been sent to the mission school in town, his education paid for by her uncle, the family elder. Tambu is thirsty for knowledge, and feels the injustice of being kept on the family homestead, but Nhamo tells her she'd be "better off with less thinking and more respect." Tsitsi Dangarembga's semi-autobiographical debut was first published in 1988, when it won a Commonwealth Writers prize. It has since become a staple on Eng Lit courses, and is now reissued with a scholarly introduction. A coming-of-age story, it ticks all the right boxes for student essayists--colonialism, gender, race--and provides a mine of information about Shona customs. Its appeal to lay readers lies with the guileless Tambu, who starts off as a rather prim little girl but turns into a perceptive and independent young woman."
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisTambudzai dreams of education, but her hopes only materialise after her brother's death, when she goes to live with her uncle. At his mission school, her critical faculties develop rapidly, bringing her face to face with a new set of conflicts involving her uncle, his education and his family. Tsitsi Dangarembga's quietly devastating first novel offers a portrait of Zimbabwe, where enlightenment brings its own profound dilemmas., Tambudzai dreams of education, but her hopes only,materialise after her brother's death, when she,goes to live with her uncle. at his mission,school, her critical faculties develop rapidly,bringing her face to face with a new set of,conflicts involving her uncle, his education and,his family. Tsitsi Dangarembga's quietly,devastating first novel offers a portrait of,Zimbabwe, where enlightenment brings its own,profound dilemmas., A modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century, this novel brings to the politics of decolonization theory the energy of women's rights. An extraordinarily well-crafted work, this book is a work of vision. Through its deft negotiation of race, class, gender and cultural change, it dramatizes the 'nervousness' of the 'postcolonial' conditions that bedevil us still. In Tambu and the women of her family, we African women see ourselves, whether at home or displaced, doing daily battle with our changing world with a mixture of tenacity, bewilderment and grace.
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- 04. Nov. 2020
Slow start but it gets better and by the end of the 204 pages, I was left wanting to know more, wanting a longer novel.
I don't like the pdf version of an ebook as well as the kindle or nook version, but the price was right and it wasn't available at the library.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
