num_pages: 212
description: Tambudzai dreams of education, but her hopes only materialise after her brother's death, when she goes to live with her uncle. At his mission school, her critical faculties develop rapidly, bringing her face to face with a new set of conflicts involving her uncle, his education and his family. Tsitsi Dangarembga's quietly devastating first novel offers a portrait of Zimbabwe, where enlightenment brings its own profound dilemmas.
language: English
title: Nervous Conditions
titlecomplete: Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions, #1)
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Zimbabwe, School, Feminism, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 18102
places: Rhodesia, Zimbabwe
series: Nervous Conditions
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Africa
publisher: Ayebia