FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THIS MOURNABLE BODY, ONE OF THE BBC’S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020 ‚ UNFORGETTABLE‘ Alice Walker ‚THIS IS THE BOOK WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR‘ Doris Lessing ‚A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE BOOK.‘ Booklist ‚AN ABSORBING PAGE-TURNER‘ Bloomsbury Review ‚A MASTERPIECE‘ Madeleine Thien ‚ARRESTING‘ Kwame Anthony Appiah 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, Nervous Conditions charts Tambu’s journey to personhood in a nation that is also emerging. ‚With its searing observations, devastating exploration of the state of ’not being‘, wicked humour and astonishing immersion into the mind of a young woman growing up and growing old before her time, the novel is a masterpiece.‘ Madelein Thien
ISBN: 978-0-571-36812-9
