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The House of Hunger

The House of Hunger

Author(s): Dambudzo Marechera

Location(s): Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)

Genre(s): Short Stories, Novella

Era(s): 1978

Winner of the Guardian fiction prize, this novella and nine short stories describe life in a Zimbabwean township. They are about the brutalization of the individual’s mental processes, until madness, violence and despair become the normal state of affairs for families in black urban areas.

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