num_pages: 204
description: Tambu, an adolescent girl who yearns to be free of the constraints of her rural village, thinks her dreams have come true when her wealthy uncle offers to sponsor her schooling. But she soon learns that the education she receives at his mission school comes with a price. There she meets her British-educated cousin, the worldly and rebellious Nyasha, who is chafing under her father's authority and struggling to reconcile her divided loyalties. A compassionate witness to her cousin's struggle and a sensitive observer of the women in her village, Tambu narrates their world with compelling insight and veracity.
language: English
title: Nervous Conditions
titlecomplete: Nervous Conditions
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Zimbabwe, Historical Fiction, Feminism, School, Novels, Africa, African Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 18120
places: Rhodesia, Zimbabwe
series: Nervous Conditions
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Africa
publisher: Seal Press