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We Need New Names

by NoViolet Bulawayo
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We Need New Names
We Need New Names

Young girl's poignant journey from Zimbabwe to America.

"We Need New Names" sings the song of displacement and resilience through the eyes of Darling, a young girl finding her path from a turbulent Zimbabwe to the complexities of America. Bulawayo's narrative is raw, evocative, and studded with a mix of youthful innocence and mature insight, offering you a layered, thought-provoking experience that stays with you long after turning the last page. This might resonate with you if you're looking for a story that captures the essence of bittersweet transition and the search for identity in a new world.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2013)
  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2013)
  • Internationaler Literaturpreis – Haus der Kulturen der Welt Nominee (2015)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Fiction (2014)
  • Betty Trask Award (2014)
  • PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel (2014)
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We Need New Names

by NoViolet Bulawayo
RM52.00 MYR Now RM34.00 MYR Save 35%
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ISBN: 9780316230841
Authors: NoViolet Bulawayo
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date of Publication: 2014-05-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: World War II, Race, Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.74
(rated by 22253 readers)

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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. Darling is only ten years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. 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. 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. 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. 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. Coetzee--while she tells a vivid, raw story all her own.
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Young girl's poignant journey from Zimbabwe to America.

"We Need New Names" sings the song of displacement and resilience through the eyes of Darling, a young girl finding her path from a turbulent Zimbabwe to the complexities of America. Bulawayo's narrative is raw, evocative, and studded with a mix of youthful innocence and mature insight, offering you a layered, thought-provoking experience that stays with you long after turning the last page. This might resonate with you if you're looking for a story that captures the essence of bittersweet transition and the search for identity in a new world.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2013)
  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2013)
  • Internationaler Literaturpreis – Haus der Kulturen der Welt Nominee (2015)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Fiction (2014)
  • Betty Trask Award (2014)
  • PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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