This mournable body : a novel / Tsitsi Dangarembga.

"Anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare. For reasons that include her grim financial prospects and her age, she moves to a widow's boarding house and eventually finds work as a biology teacher. But at eve...

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Main Author: Dangarembga, Tsitsi (Author)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018]
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Physical Description:284 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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