# The House of Hunger

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- Book: [The House of Hunger](https://www.bookquiver.com/dambudzo-marechera/the-house-of-hunger) ([The House of Hunger.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dambudzo-marechera/the-house-of-hunger.md))
- Authors: [Dambudzo Marechera](https://www.bookquiver.com/dambudzo-marechera)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4175-224-1
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2025-04-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

‘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.