{"product_id":"9780241544259","title":"The House of Hunger","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of African literature's most fascinating and unorthodox figures' Brian Chikwava\n\n'When all else fails, don't take it in silence: scream like hell, scream like Jericho was tumbling down, serenaded by a brace of trombones, scream'\n\nDambudzo 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, Marechera's 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.\n\n'A writer who considered fiction a 'form of combat', complex, challenging - and uniquely potent' Guardian\n\n'Like overhearing a scream' Doris Lessing\n\n'A terrible beauty is born out of the urgency of his vision' Angela Carter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Dambudzo+Marechera\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDambudzo Marechera\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dambudzo Marechera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380041138339,"sku":"9780241544259","price":240.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780241544259_f7985f4c-6f04-4732-b155-03cfccd37c1a.jpg?v=1776467047","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780241544259","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}