The House of Hunger
Short Stories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20007374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dambudzo Marechera (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Pages | 154 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | House of hunger (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Penguin (PUBLISHER) |
| OpenAlex | W654241753 |
| Open Library | OL19086788M |
| ISBN | 9780141187150 |
| Language | EN |
Marechera made an immediate impact with the publication of The House of Hunger. The novella and nine short stories, most of them set in Zimbabwe, symbolise both home and country as the 'house of hunger', the place of madness and violence and despair. Marechera describes a world in which tenderness has long given way to the tactics of survival, and he does so in a style at once explosive and loaded with angry humour
Art · Geography · Life style · Literature · Novella · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Computer Science · Demography · History · 1980 · English Short stories · Fiction · Fiction, general · Fiction, short stories (single author) · General · Short Stories (single author) · Short stories, English · Social conditions · Zimbabwe
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |