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The Book of Not
by Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Price: £9.99 Place an order for this book! ISBN: 978-0-9547023-7-3 Extent: 256 pages Publication Date: August 2006 Rights: World

Synopsis

The Book of Not is the latest novel from one of the most acclaimed Zimbabwean writers of her generation and is already fulfilling the promise of her first novel Nervous Conditions, par excellence.

The Book of Not traces Tambu’s continuing quest to redefine the personal, political and historical forces that threaten to destroy the fabric of her community - and reveals how its aftermath still bedevils Africans today. Dangarembga’s language sparkles and dances on the page as she delves into the education system, the liberation struggle and attitudes of contemporary Zimbabweans in an incisive and insightful examination of a system calculated to destablize the sense of self.

A distinguishing feature of The Book of Not is its radical positioning in underscoring the paradoxes and complexities in the transition from colonialism to globalisation. Tambu’s search for self-knowledge
reveals that the process of decolonisation might have started; but it is far from finished.

Key Selling Points

• The Book of Not is a sequel to Nervous Conditions, Dangarembga’s first critically acclaimed novel and traces Tambu’s continuing development in confronting women’s inequalities head on.
• One of the best novels by an African woman about the complexities of growing up under the shadow of colonialism and the liberation struggle in Africa.
• Would appeal to students and academics in schools, colleges and universities as well as the general reader.
• The author will be embarking on a UK tour in November 2006

About the Author

Tsitsi Dangarembga was born and brought up in Zimbabwe. She studied medicine and psychology before turning to writing full-time and becoming the first Black woman in Zimbabwe to publish a novel in English. Nervous Conditions was the recipient of the 1989 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Fiction and has become a modern classic. She has also written a play entitled She No Longer Weeps. Having studied at the German Film & Television Academy, Dangarembga now works as a scriptwriter and consultant and is an award-winning film director. She is currently working on the third novel in the trilogy.