This Mournable Body

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This Mournable Body is a novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga which was published by Faber & Faber on 16 January 2020. [1]

Contents

Awards

Critical reception and reviews

This Mournable Body was described by Alexandra Fuller of The New York Times as "another masterpiece," [7] and by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma of The Guardian as "magnificent ... another classic". [8]

It has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews , [9] Red Pepper , [10] The Times , [11] The Masters Review , [12] The Times Literary Supplement , [13] The Daily Telegraph , [14] Literary Review , [15] Verve , [16] Washington Independent Review of Books , [17] Star Tribune , [18] Radio New Zealand , [19] Tydskrif vir Letterkunde , [20] World Literature Today , [21] The Straits Times , [22] The Michigan Daily , [23] Chicago Tribune , [24] The Irish Times , [25] Daily Trust , [26] The Wire , [27] The New Yorker , [28] Zyzzyva , [29] Publishers Weekly [30] and The Gazette . [31]

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References

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  2. ↑ "'This Mournable Body' author, Tsitsi Dangarembga, wins PEN Pinter prize". The Indian Express. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Zimbabwean novelist Dangarembga wins PEN Pinter Prize 2021". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Booker Prize: Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga on her book This Mournable Body". BBC News . Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  5. ↑ "The 2020 Booker Prize". Booker Prize.
  6. ↑ Mhute, Wadzanai (2020-11-15). "After a Writing Break, She Returned as a Booker Finalist". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  7. ↑ Fuller, Alexandra (2018-08-30). "30 Years After Her Acclaimed Debut, a Zimbabwean Novelist Returns to Her Heroine in a Sequel". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  8. ↑ Tshuma, Novuyo Rosa (2020-01-24). "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review – a sublime sequel". The Guardian . Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  9. ↑ THIS MOURNABLE BODY. Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ↑ "Review – This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Red Pepper. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  11. ↑ Barekat, Houman. "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga, review — the Booker-shortlisted sequel to Nervous Conditions". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  12. ↑ "Book Review: This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". The Masters Review. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  13. ↑ "This Mournable Body; An Act of Defiance | Book review". TLS. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  14. ↑ Allfree, Claire (2020-09-27). "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review: a hypnotic study of societal collapse in Zimbabwe". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  15. ↑ "This Mournable Body By Tsitsi Dangarembga". Literary Review. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  16. ↑ "Tsitsi Dangarembga Narrates The Painful Reality Of Life In Contemporary Zimbabwe". Verve Magazine. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  17. ↑ "This Mournable Body: A Novel". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  18. ↑ "Review: 'This Mournable Body,' by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  19. ↑ "Book review - This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Radio New Zealand . 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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  23. ↑ Decker, John (1970-01-01). "'This Mournable Body' is easy to put down — it's too safe a choice for the Booker Prize". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  24. ↑ "This Mournable Body, new novel by Zimbabwe's Tsitsi Dangarembga". Chicago Tribune. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  25. ↑ "This Mournable Body: The horror of simply being alive". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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  27. ↑ "Tsitsi Dangarembga and Writing About Pain and Loss in Zimbabwe". The Wire. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  28. ↑ "Briefly Noted Book Reviews". The New Yorker. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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  31. ↑ Farmer, Laura. "REVIEW | 'THIS MOURNABLE BODY' Zimbabwe author writes harrowing tale". The Gazette. Retrieved 2022-11-21.


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