This Mournable Body
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This Mournable Body is a critically acclaimed novel by Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga that follows a woman's psychological and social unraveling amid post-independence Harare.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Mournable Body canonical | 2 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Tsitsi Dangarembga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Graywolf Press design team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
praised for its prose style
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praised for its unflinching portrayal of disillusionment ⓘ |
| depicts |
postcolonial Zimbabwean society
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struggles of an educated but unemployed woman ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
economic precarity
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gender and patriarchy ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ trauma ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| follows | psychological unraveling of a woman in Harare ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-55597-812-9 ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | third book in Tambudzai trilogy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
mental health
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migration and return ⓘ neoliberal capitalism in Zimbabwe ⓘ post-independence disillusionment ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tambudzai Sigauke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | standalone novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableRecognition | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 296 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Tambudzai trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequel |
Nervous Conditions
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The Book of Not NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher | Graywolf Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Harare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-independence Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | 2020 Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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