Nervous Conditions [Import]
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
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Author: Tsitsi DangarembgaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-10
ISBN: 0954702336
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
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Book Review: A beautifully written and constructed novel; should be required reading
Summary: 5 Stars
I 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 and an observer), was very powerful.
Generally, it has taken me a little while to adjust to African novels, which I read intermittently throughout high school and college, but this one is a wonderful place to start for people who do take time to adjust to the more traditional style. Since the narrator has a Western education, the novel reads more like a Western novel...in a way, this makes the story much more heartbreakingly real, but it also makes it accessible to Western audiences. I highly, highly recommend it.
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