num_pages: 176
description: Winner of the Guardian fiction prize, this novella and nine short stories describe life in a Zimbabwean township. They are about the brutalization of the individual's mental processes, until madness, violence and despair become the normal state of affairs for families in black urban areas.
language: English
title: The House of Hunger
titlecomplete: The House of Hunger
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Short Stories, Zimbabwe, Literature, Classics, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Race, Africa
ratings_count: 977
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Guardian Fiction Award
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd