House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera
'I don't hate being black. I'm just tired of saying it's beautiful.' Irreverent and uncompromising, Dambudzo Marechera rejected what he saw as the narrow stereotypes of African literature, and was a fearless critic of his country. He created an immediate impact with THE HOUSE OF HUNGER. In this semi-autobiographical work, the narrator expresses his desperate alienation - from his brutal family, from his student friends, from the squalor of township life and from Zimbabwe itself. This novella, and the other short stories here, portray a world of madness and chaos in an explosive style that flashes with both violence and humour.
Dambudzo Marachera was born in 1955 in Rhodesia and died tragically young, in 1987, a victim of the AIDS virus. His other work includes BLACK SUNLIGHT, MINDBLAST and THE BLACK INSIDER.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141187150 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141187158 |
| Title | House of Hunger |
| Author | Dambudzo Marechera |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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