NoViolet Bulawayo
Autore di We Need New Names
Sull'Autore
Opere di NoViolet Bulawayo
Hitting Budapest 3 copie
Opere correlate
The Daily Assortment of Astonishing Things and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2016 (2016) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Tshele, Elizabeth Zandile
- Data di nascita
- 1981-10-12
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Zimbabwe
- Luogo di nascita
- Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe
- Istruzione
- Cornell University (MFA)
Southern Methodist University (MA)
Texas A&M University-Commerce (BA) - Organizzazioni
- Stanford University
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Caine Prize for African Writing (2011)
SA PEN Studzinsi Award (2009)
Truman Capote Fellowship
Wallace Stegner Fellowship (2012)
National Book Foundation, 5 Under 35 Honoree (2013) - Agente
- Jin Auh (The Wylie Agency)
Utenti
Discussioni
2013 Booker longlist: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo in Booker Prize (Settembre 2013)
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 1,666
- Popolarità
- #15,409
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 96
- ISBN
- 51
- Lingue
- 10
This is a coming of age story set in Zimbabwe around 2007 or 2008, told through the eyes of ten-year-old Darling. The author NoViolet Bulawayo (Elizabeth Tshele) was the first African woman to be shortlisted for a Man Booker Award.
The book starts off following a group of children in Zimbabwe: Darling, Stina, Chipo, Bastard and Godknows. As they run around stealing guavas, trying to figure out how to get the baby out of Chipo’s belly and watching the spectacle and drama of Sunday church services, they reveal a world of political unrest and turmoil. Through the oblique gaze of childhood, not fully understanding the politics and events occurring, and just accepting life as it is, these children show us something of their world with a humour and candour that made this an engaging read. There are clearly terrible events happening but this style makes them somewhat easier to read.
I found the second half of the novel when Darling goes to America and lives with her aunt far less interesting. Clearly the immigrant experience and feeling of displacement and disconnection is an important one, but somehow did not come off as well for me.
I am glad I read this book and I would like to read another by this author. Be aware if you do choose to read this book it does contain a childhood rape.… (altro)