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

Awards

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Critical reception and reviews

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "This Mournable Body". Booker Prize. 16 January 2020.
  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.
  20. ^ Flores, Natalia. "This mournable body (Tsitsi Dangarembga)". Tydskrif vir Letterkunde. 57 (1): 146–147. doi:10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.57i1.7826. ISSN 0041-476X. S2CID 217208280.
  21. ^ "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". World Literature Today. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  22. ^ Auto, Hermes (2020-10-24). "Book review: In This Mournable Body". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  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.
  26. ^ "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review – a sublime sequel". Daily Trust. 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  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.
  29. ^ "A Long Postponed Homecoming: 'This Mournable Body' by Tsitsi Dangarembga". ZYZZYVA. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  30. ^ "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  31. ^ Farmer, Laura. "REVIEW | 'THIS MOURNABLE BODY' Zimbabwe author writes harrowing tale". The Gazette. Retrieved 2022-11-21.