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Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions
Author: Tsitsi Dangarembga
This stunning first novel, set in colonial Rhodesia during the 1960s, centers on the coming of age of a teenage girl, Tambu, and her relationship with her British-educated cousin Nyasha. Tambu, who yearns to be free of the constraints of her rural village, especially the circumscribed lives of the women, thinks her dreams have come true when her...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780931188749
ISBN-10: 0931188741
Publication Date: 4/1989
Pages: 204
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3.4 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Seal Pr
Book Type: Paperback
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A powerful personal account of one African girl's experience with colonization. Intensely highlights her struggles in severe cultural transition.


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