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Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions
Author: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Kwame Anthony Appiah
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: 9781580051347
ISBN-10: 1580051340
Publication Date: 11/29/2004
Pages: 256
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3.4 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Seal Press
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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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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