This Mournable Body : Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize Condition:Well Read Nor does the immediate future

Nor does the immediate future look much brighter

or boldness

an expedition in search of a legendary

We are all inherently interested in the world

~from the back cover

This Mournable Body : Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize Condition:Well Read Nor does the immediate futureA searing novel about the obstacles facing women in Zimbabwe, by one of the countrys most notable authorsAnxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job, Tambudzai finds herself living in a run down youth hostel in downtown Harare. For reasons that include her grim financial prospects and her age, she moves to a widows boarding house and eventually finds work as a biology teacher. But at every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself,