![]() ![]() ![]() Coetzee - while she tells a vivid, raw story all her own."Original, witty, and devastating. Does an author writing for an American audience about a foreign culture have an obligation to teach At first I felt concerned that one did, and that this book. NoViolet Bulawayo's debut calls to mind the great storytellers of displacement and arrival who have come before her - from Junot Diaz to Zadie Smith to J.M. ![]() She travels to this new land in search of America's famous abundance only to find that her options as an immigrant are perilously few. Before their homes were destroyed by paramilitary policemen, before the school closed, before the fathers left for dangerous jobs abroad.But Darling has a chance to escape: she has an aunt in America. We Need New Names A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo Trade Paperback ebook Audiobook Download Unabridged 17. In Zimbabwe, Darling and her friends steal guavas, try to get the baby out of young Chipo's belly, and grasp at memories of Before. Darling is only ten years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. However, in the second part of the book, Darling is in Detroit, Michigan, living with her aunt, though they soon move to Kalamazoo. ![]() Finalist for the Booker Prize: the "deeply felt and fiercely written" story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and to America (New York Times Book Review), from the author of Glory. ![]()
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