Peter Carty

Zimbabwe’s chaotic history has at least produced some outstanding fiction

Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body, sees her female protagonist lurch from crisis to crisis, mirroring her country’s struggles

issue 18 January 2020
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  • This Mournable Body

    Tsitsi Dangarembga

    Faber, pp. 366, £14

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