Nervous Conditions

10 hrs. 55 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Tsitsi Dangarembga

Narrator Lilia Vlasova

Description

After quitting her tedious job, Tambudzai moves into a youth hostel, and the prospects before her are extremely foggy. She stubbornly tries to build her life, but every new turn brings fresh failures and humiliations. What will happen when harsh reality overrides the future she longed for? This is a novel about what happens when all hopes fall apart. Through the life and ambitions of one girl, Tsitsi Dangarembga shows the fate of an entire nation. Sharp and piercing, this book is about society, the future, and the blows of fate both present and impending. The novel’s story began back in 1988, when the first part of this supposed trilogy was published; in 2020 it made the shortlist of the Booker Prize for reasons that are not accidental. The incredible story of Tambudzai—through whose life and ambitions Tsitsi Dangarembga depicts the fate of a whole nation—will undoubtedly move everyone… She stubbornly tries to build her life, but every new turn brings fresh failures and humiliations. What will happen when harsh reality outweighs the future she sought? This is a novel about what happens when all hopes collapse.