Dambudzo Marechera

Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, 1979 and first published in 1978, "The House of Hunger" is a selection of interconnected short stories that tell of Zimbabwe in chaos. In a style somewhat reminiscent of Joyce''s "Dubliners", the stories deal with psychological and social alienation. Dambudzo Marechera''s work is not material typically associated with "African" literature. His stories are psychologically, rather than politically, motivated as his depictions of living in exile and outsiderhood show.

«La casa del hambre» supuso el fulgurante debut con el que un joven africano de veintiséis años obtuvo en 1979 el prestigioso premio «Guardian de ficción». Un libro explosivo que rompió con el tratam