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Nervous Conditions
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Author:
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Dangarembga, Tsitsi
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Set In . . .
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Africa, Zimbabwe
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Genre:
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Fiction
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Time Frame:
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Late 20th Century
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Published:
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1988
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Description:
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Dangaremba s acclaimed first novel tells of the coming-of-age of Tambu, and through her, also offers a profound portrait of African society. In awarding Nervous Conditions the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa in 1989, the judges described the book as a beautiful and sensitive exploration of the plight and struggle of an African people.... A distinguishing feature of this work is its courageous honesty and devastating understatement.
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