The House of Hunger

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Author: Marechera, Dambudzo Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 17 April 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Peng uin Archive' series.Paperback | 128 pages179 x 110 x 9 | 82g 90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books‘No, I don’t hate being black. I’m just tired of saying it’s beautiful. No, I don’t hate myself. I’m just tired of people bruising their knuckles on my jaw.’A novella with the force of a screaming trumpet flare, Dambudzo Marechera’s seminal literary debut explores a body and spirit exiled from the land and the self. An inimitable and internationally admired writer, his profound ambivalence and wry, existential sensibility was forged in this iconic book. Show more