This Mournable Body

• PEN Pinter Prize{{Cite web |date=2021-06-09 |title='This Mournable Body' author, Tsitsi Dangarembga, wins PEN Pinter prize |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/tsitsi-dangarembga-wins-pen-pinter-prize-7350993/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Zimbabwean novelist Dangarembga wins PEN Pinter Prize 2021 |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/zimbabwean-novelist-tsitsi-dangarembga-wins-pen-pinter-prize-2021-1262492 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}
• Shortlisted for 2020 Booker Prize{{Cite news |title=Booker Prize: Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga on her book This Mournable Body |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-54690830 |access-date=2022-11-21}}{{Cite web |title=The 2020 Booker Prize |url=https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prze-years/2020 |website=Booker Prize}}{{Cite news |last=Mhute |first=Wadzanai |date=2020-11-15 |title=After a Writing Break, She Returned as a Booker Finalist |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/15/books/tsitsi-dangarembga-this-mournable-body.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |issn=0362-4331}}

This Mournable Body was described by Alexandra Fuller of The New York Times as "another masterpiece,"{{Cite news |last=Fuller |first=Alexandra |date=2018-08-30 |title=30 Years After Her Acclaimed Debut, a Zimbabwean Novelist Returns to Her Heroine in a Sequel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/books/review/tsitsi-dangarembga-this-mournable-body.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |issn=0362-4331}} and by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma of The Guardian as "magnificent ... another classic".{{Cite web |last=Tshuma |first=Novuyo Rosa |date=2020-01-24 |title=This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review – a sublime sequel |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/24/this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga-review |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

It has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tsitsi-dangarembga/this-mournable-body/ |title=THIS MOURNABLE BODY |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}} Red Pepper,{{Cite web |title=Review – This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://www.redpepper.org.uk/review-this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Red Pepper |language=en-US}} The Times,{{Cite news |last=Barekat |first=Houman |title=This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga, review — the Booker-shortlisted sequel to Nervous Conditions |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga-book-review-bjwnrbmp2 |access-date=2022-11-21 |issn=0140-0460}} The Masters Review,{{Cite web |title=Book Review: This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://mastersreview.com/book-review-this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Masters Review |language=en}} The Times Literary Supplement,{{Cite web |title=This Mournable Body; An Act of Defiance {{!}} Book review |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/dangarembga-sabatini-mournable-body-act-of-defiance-review-kate-webb/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=TLS |language=en-GB}} The Daily Telegraph,{{Cite news |last=Allfree |first=Claire |date=2020-09-27 |title=This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review: a hypnotic study of societal collapse in Zimbabwe |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/mournable-body-tsitsi-dangarembga-review-hypnotic-study-societal/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |issn=0307-1235}} Literary Review,{{Cite web |title=This Mournable Body By Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://literaryreview.co.uk/what-tambu-did-next |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Literary Review |language=en}} Verve,{{Cite web |date=2020-10-30 |title=Tsitsi Dangarembga Narrates The Painful Reality Of Life In Contemporary Zimbabwe |url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/in-this-mournable-body-tsitsi-darengmba-narrates-the-painful-reality-of-life-in-contemporary-zimbabwe |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Verve Magazine |language=en-US}} Washington Independent Review of Books,{{Cite web |title=This Mournable Body: A Novel |url=https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/this-mournable-body-a-novel |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Washington Independent Review of Books}} Star Tribune,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Review: 'This Mournable Body,' by Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://www.startribune.com/review-this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga/490496881/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Star Tribune}} Radio New Zealand,{{Cite web |date=2020-08-21 |title=Book review - This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018760513/book-review-this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Radio New Zealand |language=en-nz}} Tydskrif vir Letterkunde,{{Cite journal |date= |title=This mournable body (Tsitsi Dangarembga) |url=http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-476X2020000100024 |journal= Tydskrif vir Letterkunde|volume= 57|issue= 1|pages= 146–147|doi= 10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.57i1.7826|issn=0041-476X|last1= Flores|first1= Natalia|s2cid= 217208280|doi-access= free}} World Literature Today,{{Cite web |date=2018-12-14 |title=This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/winter/mournable-body-tsitsi-dangarembga |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=World Literature Today |language=en}} The Straits Times,{{Cite web |last=Auto |first=Hermes |date=2020-10-24 |title=Book review: In This Mournable Body |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/book-review-in-this-mournable-body-a-zimbabwean-heroine-returns-as-a-middle-aged-cynic |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Straits Times |language=en}} The Michigan Daily,{{Cite web |last=Decker |first=John |date=1970-01-01 |title='This Mournable Body' is easy to put down — it's too safe a choice for the Booker Prize. |url=http://www.michigandaily.com/arts/this-mournable-body-is-easy-to-put-down-its-too-safe-a-choice-for-the-booker-prize/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}} Chicago Tribune,{{Cite web |title=This Mournable Body, new novel by Zimbabwe's Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/sc-books-this-mournable-body-0808-story.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=6 August 2018 }} The Irish Times,{{Cite news |title=This Mournable Body: The horror of simply being alive |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/this-mournable-body-the-horror-of-simply-being-alive-1.4131745 |access-date=2022-11-21 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} Daily Trust,{{Cite web |date=2020-01-26 |title=This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga review – a sublime sequel |url=https://dailytrust.com/this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga-review-a-sublime-sequel/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Daily Trust |language=en-GB}} The Wire,{{Cite web |title=Tsitsi Dangarembga and Writing About Pain and Loss in Zimbabwe |url=https://thewire.in/books/tsitsi-dangarembga-and-writing-about-pain-and-loss-in-zimbabwe |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Wire}} The New Yorker,{{Cite magazine |date=2018-12-31 |title=Briefly Noted Book Reviews |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/this-mournable-body-the-lonesome-bodybuilder-tigerland-and-hungover |access-date=2022-11-21 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}} Zyzzyva,{{Cite web |date=2018-08-07 |title=A Long Postponed Homecoming: 'This Mournable Body' by Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://www.zyzzyva.org/2018/08/07/a-long-postponed-homecoming-this-mournable-body-by-tsitsi-dangarembga/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=ZYZZYVA |language=en-US}} Publishers Weekly{{Cite web |date= |title=This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781555978129 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Publishers Weekly}} and The Gazette.{{Cite web |last=Farmer |first=Laura |title=REVIEW {{!}} 'THIS MOURNABLE BODY' Zimbabwe author writes harrowing tale |url=https://www.thegazette.com/books/review-this-mournable-body-zimbabwe-author-writes-harrowing-tale/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=The Gazette |language=en-US}}

Category:Books by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Category:2020 novels

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