The House of Hunger

Dambudzo Marechera author Peter Godwin editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:17th Apr '25

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The House of Hunger cover

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.

ISBN: 9780241752241

Dimensions: 180mm x 110mm x 9mm

Weight: 82g

128 pages