Tsitsi Dangarembga - This Mournable Body

In this tense and psychologically charged novel, Tsitsi Dangarembga channels the hope and potential of one young girl and a fledgling nation to lead us on a journey to discover where lives go after hope has departed. Here we meet Tambudzai, living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare and anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job. 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.

"As natural as the grass grows" - Chinua Achebe

"[Dangarembga] is a wonderful creator of character" - Doris Lessing'

"[A] Masterpiece" - New York Times

Paperback; 384 pages; 198x129mm