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

Awards

Critical reception and reviews

According to Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on twenty critics: ten "rave", nine "positive", and one "mixed".[7] In Books in the Media, the book was rated 4.11 out of 5, based on nine critic reviews.[8] In the November/December 2018 issue of Bookmarks, the book was scored four out of five. The magazine's critical summary reads: "It's a story that keeps you guessing, and "this is what makes the novel compelling--it's unpredictable" (BookPage)".[9]

This Mournable Body was described by Alexandra Fuller of The New York Times as "another masterpiece,"[10] and by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma of The Guardian as "magnificent ... another classic".[11]

It has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[12] Red Pepper,[13] The Times,[14] The Masters Review,[15] The Times Literary Supplement,[16] The Daily Telegraph,[17] Literary Review,[18] Verve,[19] Washington Independent Review of Books,[20] Star Tribune,[21] Radio New Zealand,[22] Tydskrif vir Letterkunde,[23] World Literature Today,[24] The Straits Times,[25] The Michigan Daily,[26] Chicago Tribune,[27] The Irish Times,[28] Daily Trust,[29] The Wire,[30] The New Yorker,[31] Zyzzyva,[32] Publishers Weekly[33] and The Gazette.[34]

References

  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. ^ "This Mournable Body". Book Marks. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ "This Mournable Body Reviews". Books in the Media. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ "This Mournable Body". Bookmarks. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Tshuma, Novuyo Rosa (2020-01-24). "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review – a sublime sequel". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  12. ^ THIS MOURNABLE BODY. Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ^ "Review – This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Red Pepper. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Book Review: This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". The Masters Review. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  16. ^ "This Mournable Body; An Act of Defiance | Book review". TLS. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "This Mournable Body By Tsitsi Dangarembga". Literary Review. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  19. ^ "Tsitsi Dangarembga Narrates The Painful Reality Of Life In Contemporary Zimbabwe". Verve Magazine. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  20. ^ "This Mournable Body: A Novel". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  21. ^ "Review: 'This Mournable Body,' by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  22. ^ "Book review - This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Radio New Zealand. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". World Literature Today. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  25. ^ Auto, Hermes (2020-10-24). "Book review: In This Mournable Body". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ "This Mournable Body, new novel by Zimbabwe's Tsitsi Dangarembga". Chicago Tribune. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  28. ^ "This Mournable Body: The horror of simply being alive". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  29. ^ "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review – a sublime sequel". Daily Trust. 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  30. ^ "Tsitsi Dangarembga and Writing About Pain and Loss in Zimbabwe". The Wire. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  31. ^ "Briefly Noted Book Reviews". The New Yorker. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  32. ^ "A Long Postponed Homecoming: 'This Mournable Body' by Tsitsi Dangarembga". ZYZZYVA. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  33. ^ "This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  34. ^ Farmer, Laura. "REVIEW | 'THIS MOURNABLE BODY' Zimbabwe author writes harrowing tale". The Gazette. Retrieved 2022-11-21.


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