NOVIOLET BULAWAYO — We Need New Names

Chatto & Windus. 2013. Paperback with dust jacket, 23cm. Book, NoViolet Bulawayo's book is 290+ crisp pages & less than 500g. A remarkable literary debut -- shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize! The unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and to America. This coming-of-age novel follows a young girl in Zimbabwe as she and her displaced family and friends must adapt to and cope with a harsh, violent world. Readers meet ten-year-old Darling in her dusty, poverty-stricken shantytown and accompany her as she grows to college age in the United States while living with her aunt. Poignant and heart-wrenching prose tells the tale of Darling's journey. Excellent/None issued.