The House of Hunger - Dambudzo Marechera animals Nastasia Celeste by Darren Ankenman

Nastasia Celeste by Darren Ankenman

idiosyncratic body of work flows seamlessly across disciplines

and for Yoganathan’s book has been retold by Indian writer Arshia Sattar

For Issei Suda (1940–2019)

The House of Hunger - Dambudzo Marechera animals Nastasia Celeste by Darren AnkenmanDambudzo Marechera burst onto the literary scene in 1978 with this vivid roar of a book exploring township life in pre independence Zimbabwe. Rejecting what he saw as the narrow stereotypes of African literature, Marecheras stories portrayed a world flashing with violence and anarchic humour, as his narrator expresses his desperate alienation from his family, from his student friends, from Zimbabwe itself.