This mournable body : a novel
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Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018].
ISBN
9781555978129, 1555978126
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Broadview Public Library District - Stacks | FIC DAN | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION DANGAREMBGA, T. | On Shelf |
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | FIC DANGAREMBGA, T. | On Shelf |
Forest Park Public Library - Stacks | FIC DANGAREMBGA | On Shelf |
Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC DANGAREMBGA, TSITSI | On Shelf |
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Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781555978129, 1555978126
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"Anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare. For reasons that include her grim financial prospects and her age, she moves to a widow's boarding house and eventually finds work as a biology teacher. But at every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the painful contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point. In This Mournable Body, Tsitsi Dangarembga returns to the protagonist of her acclaimed first novel, Nervous Conditions, to examine how the hope and potential of a young girl and a fledgling nation can sour over time and become a bitter and floundering struggle for survival. As a last resort, Tambudzai takes an ecotourism job that forces her to return to her parents' impoverished homestead. It is this homecoming, in Dangarembga's tense and psychologically charged novel, that culminates in an act of betrayal, revealing just how toxic the combination of colonialism and capitalism can be."--Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dangarembga, T. (2018). This mournable body: a novel . Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dangarembga, Tsitsi. 2018. This Mournable Body: A Novel. Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dangarembga, Tsitsi. This Mournable Body: A Novel Graywolf Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dangarembga, Tsitsi. This Mournable Body: A Novel Graywolf Press, 2018.
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