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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780954702335 ISBN: 0954702336 Label: Lynne Rienner Publishers Manufacturer: Lynne Rienner Publishers Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: October 10, 2004 Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers Studio: Lynne Rienner Publishers Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Clash of civilizationsTambu, as the storyteller in this book was able to tell the story in a way that made the reader realize what is good and bad about colonization of third world countries and the lasting effect it can have on the country and the people that are colonized. I know because I am from a country that was a British colony. Rating: - A beautifully written and constructed novel; should be required readingI find myself frustrated with some of the more negative reviews here. I understand the argument that the novel is more into telling instead of showing, but I tend to disagree a bit. The novel hinges on the pretext that the central characters are cerebral, and that their intellectual complexity is misunderstood by colonial doctors. For me, the action that was taking place in the mind, whether we saw it or were told about it from an outsider perspective (that of the narrator, who is often an outsider ... Read More Rating:  - Rich, intimate, and engaging... but lacking a full-bodied plotThe voice of the narrator, plantive and engaging, retrospective and sensitive, is the jewel of the story. Although her lovely spirit and shrewd perspective on people/relationships propelled me through the book at a rapid pace, I found the plot quite empty. The story line, mostly founded on mundane details of her challenging daily life, feels dull and predictable. However, in spite of the lack of plot, the most important aspect of the book-- its main value to many readers-- is its thematically rich ... Read More Rating: - Culture Clash in the Book Nervous ConditionsFrank T. Scruggs, M.A. Book Review October 11, 2007 Nervous Conditions I really enjoyed reading this book and of the details she wrote about this family reminds me of my own. As an African-American growing up roughly in the same time period I could see how both Nyasha and Tambu just becoming into a political awareness would begin to see the world take on a new shape. The strength ... Read More Rating: - Two very intelligent Shona girls lapse into cynicism and disappointment upon realizing that an elite education is not a panaceaThis novel is loosely autobiographical and takes place in the 60's and 70's in colonial Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia. Tambu is a young girl from a very poor rural family. She is forced to live in the shadow of her favored older brother. Tambu begs her lazy sexist father to be able to attend school like her older brother but he feels she should stay home and learn to cook. Tambu is determined and goes to great lengths to earn the money to pay her school fees. She hits pay dirt when her jerk brother, who ... Read More 
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