num_pages: 204
description: A modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century, this novel brings to the politics of decolonization theory the energy of women's rights. An extraordinarily well-crafted work, this book is a work of vision. Through its deft negotiation of race, class, gender and cultural change, it dramatizes the 'nervousness' of the 'postcolonial' conditions that bedevil us still. In Tambu and the women of her family, we African women see ourselves, whether at home or displaced, doing daily battle with our changing world with a mixture of tenacity, bewilderment and grace.
language: English
title: Nervous Conditions
titlecomplete: Nervous Conditions
genres: Classics, Feminism, African Literature, Novels, Africa, School, Historical Fiction, Zimbabwe, Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 18098
places: Zimbabwe, Rhodesia
series: Nervous Conditions
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Africa
publisher: Seal Press