Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Colonial Rhodesia in the early 1960s is the setting for this first novel.
Dangarembga, Tsiti: - Tsitsi Dangarembga was born and brought up in Zimbabwe. She studied medicine and psychology before turning to writing full-time and becoming the first Black woman in Zimbabwe to publish a novel in English. Nervous Conditions was the recipient of the 1989 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Fiction, the book has become a modern classic. Nervous Conditions was also chosen as one of the 'Top Ten Books of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century' by a Pan African Initiative in 2002. Dangarembga's sequel to Nervous Conditions entitled The Book of Not was published in 2006 by Ayebia. In addition, she has written a play entitled She No Longer Weeps. Having studied at the German Film and Television Academy, Dangarembga now also works as a scriptwriter, consultant and film director. She is the founder of International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF). She is currently working on the third novel in the trilogy and lives in Zimbabwe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781878067777 |
| ISBN 10 | 187806777X |
| Title | Nervous Conditions |
| Author | Tsitsi Dangarembga |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Seal Press |
| Year published | 1996-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 206 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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