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Nervous Conditions
Title: Nervous Conditions
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 781 | Pages: 3.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Nervous Conditions
“Nervous Conditions”
I found Dangarembga’s “Nervous Conditions” a very enjoyable novel. The narrator and main character– Tambu expresses her experiences with colonialism as a child growing up from a poor African community with tremendous correctness and detail. As part of the Shona Village, Tambu’s life would be predictable because the women of Shona typically display subservient roles to their male counterparts. Tambu is anything but typical. She does not like the way women …showed first 75 words of 781 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 781 total…we have studied in class so far. Though the narrative was extremely explicit, I think this added to the impression of Tambu as she entered the world of “self” from the “other”. Dangarembga’s physiological background was evident throughout the narration by Tambu making individual thoughts and feelings of the “Nervous Condition” almost realistic. I also enjoyed the final interview with the author and would look forward to reading a sequel when it becomes available.
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