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| Original Title: | Nervous Conditions |
| ISBN: | 1580051340 (ISBN13: 9781580051347) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Nervous Conditions #1 |
| Setting: | Rhodesia(Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe |
| Literary Awards: | Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Africa (1989) |
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Paperback | Pages: 204 pages Rating: 3.97 | 11022 Users | 788 Reviews
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| Title | : | Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions #1) |
| Author | : | Tsitsi Dangarembga |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 204 pages |
| Published | : | November 29th 2004 by Seal Press (CA) (first published 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Africa. Historical. Historical Fiction. Eastern Africa. Zimbabwe. Feminism |
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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.Rating Out Of Books Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions #1)
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Female, black, daughter, pubescent, friend, peasant, traditions, colonised, Rhodesia, 1960s. That defines Tambu a young girl living in a small village with limited options for the future. Her brother is given a chance by being sponsored by her uncle to attend a local missionary school but there is money for only one. When her brother dies, Tambu now 14 finds herself in a new world of opportunity and goes to live with her uncle to study.Her cousin Nyasha, who lived in England while her parentsSome texts have been studied, reviewed, analyzed, and criticized so much that there is little left to say about themNervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga is such a text. All that is left for now is personal until some new form of critical or cultural theory descends upon us to offer an additional insightful interpretation. It is a coming-of-age story mainly around two characters, Tambu and Nyasha. The story is narrated by Tambu, the focal character, who is sometimes the I and sometimes the
I wasnt going to read this book, because I already had one for Zimbabwe and thought it was just another coming-of-age story. Then I read this critical essay, which made me sit up and pay attention. And so I wound up reading the book, which is good, but oh, so depressing.I should say that the books I find depressing are somewhat idiosyncratic. A lot of people have trouble reading about war and related atrocities, but those books rarely affect me much; theyre just too far beyond my realm of
Gratitude. That's one of the clearest, and most double-edged, themes running through Tsitsi Dangarembga's 1988 debut, often voted one of the greatest African novels of the 20th century. And even if I don't completely agree that it is, I can see why others would think so.Nervous Conditions is set in late-1960s and early-1970s Rhodesia, narrated by a woman named Tambudzai (though supposedly based on Dangarembga's own experiences) telling about her teenage years, starting with the day her brother
Identity is a powerful concept. But how does one establish such a thing? Conventionally it develops from childhood due to an association with home and place. But what happens if your home is changing? What happen if youre taken away from that home? Indeed, if you are forced to accept another cultures ways and customs, who is the you that is left? What nationality do you become? These are the question Tambu has to ask herself. Shes a young black girl living in a small, rural, improvised village
Female, black, daughter, pubescent, friend, peasant, traditions, colonised, Rhodesia, 1960s. That defines Tambu a young girl living in a small village with limited options for the future. Her brother is given a chance by being sponsored by her uncle to attend a local missionary school but there is money for only one. When her brother dies, Tambu now 14 finds herself in a new world of opportunity and goes to live with her uncle to study.Her cousin Nyasha, who lived in England while her parents
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