Nervous Conditions Av Tsitsi Dangarembga

<p><font><b>FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF <i>THIS MOURNABLE BODY,</i></b><b>ONE OF THE BBC''S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020</b><br><br> ''<b>UNFORGETTABLE'' </b>Alice Walker <b>''THIS IS THE BOOK WE''VE BEEN WAITING FOR'' </b>Doris Lessing <b>''A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE BOOK.''</b> Booklist <b>''AN ABSORBING PAGE-TURNER'' </b><i>Bloomsbury Review </i><b>''A MASTERPIECE'' </b>Madeleine Thien <b>''ARRESTING''</b> Kwame Anthony Appiah </font><br><br>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. A timeless coming-of-age tale, and a powerful exploration of cultural imperialism, <i>Nervous Conditions</i> charts Tambu''s journey to personhood in a nation that is also emerging. <br><br>''With its searing observations, devastating exploration of the stat