We Need New Names (Paperback)
NoViolet Bulawayo (author)- In stock
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013**
Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out
'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in - who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart?'
Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices.
They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges - for her and also for those she's left behind.
'Stunning' New York Times
'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph
'A debut that blends wit and pain... Heartrending...wonderfully original' Independent
'Sometimes shocking, often heartbreaking but also pulsing with colour and energy' The Times
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099581888
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 213 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Bulawayo's novel is not just a stunning piece of literary craftsmanship but also a novel that helps elucidate today's world * Daily Telegraph *
The challenging rhythm and infectious language of NoViolet Bulawayo's emotionally articulate novel turns a familar tale of immigrant displacement into a heroic ballad. Bulawayo's courage and her literary scope shine out from this outstanding debut * Daily Mail *
Darling is 10 when we first meet her, and the voice Ms. Bulawayo has fashioned for her is utterly distinctive - by turns unsparing and lyrical, unsentimental and poetic, spiky and meditative... stunning novel... remarkably talented author * New York Times *
Often heartbreaking, but also pulsing with colour and energy * The Times (Saturday Review) *
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“Thoroughly Thought Provoking!”
This is one of the most thought provoking novels I have read in many years. The daily horror of life for Darling and her assorted pals in Paradise is truly shocking for the reader and yet when she escapes to live with... More
“An exciting new voice”
In the last year, the novels coming out about African countries have been absolutely astounding. Each one I've read recently has taught me something important about displacement, racism and loss.
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