Táto trilógia skúma zložitosť dospievania v Zimbabwe počas koloniálnej nadvlády a po nej. Sleduje cestu mladých žien, ktoré sa snažia nájsť svoju identitu a hlas vo svete definovanom patriarchálnymi a rasovými hierarchiami. Séria prenikavo zachytáva vnútorné a vonkajšie boje za emancipáciu, vzdelanie a sebaurčenie. Ponúka hlboko osobný pohľad na psychologické a spoločenské dopady útlaku a túžbu po slobode.
Two decades before Zimbabwe won independence and ended white minority rule, thirteen-year-old Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her education. On her shoulders rest the economic hopes of her parents, siblings, and extended family. and within her burns the desire for independence. She yearns to be free of the constraints of her rural village and thinks she's escaped when her wealthy uncle sponsors her schooling. But she soon learns that the education she receives at his mission school comes with a price
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE A searing novel about the obstacles facing women in Zimbabwe, by one of the country’s most notable authors 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 every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the painful contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point. In This Mournable Body, Tsitsi Dangarembga returns to the protagonist of her acclaimed first novel, Nervous Conditions, to examine how the hope and potential of a young girl and a fledgling nation can sour over time and become a bitter and floundering struggle for survival. As a last resort, Tambudzai takes an ecotourism job that forces her to return to her parents’ impoverished homestead. It is this homecoming, in Dangarembga’s tense and psychologically charged novel, that culminates in an act of betrayal, revealing just how toxic the combination of colonialism and capitalism can be.
