{"product_id":"we-need-new-names-noviolet-bulawayo-paperback","title":"We Need New Names -- Noviolet Bulawayo, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis unflinching and powerful novel tells the \"deeply felt and fiercely written\" story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe to America (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Original, witty, and devastating.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noviolet Bulawayo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316230841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2014 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2014 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoViolet Bulawayo\u003c\/b\u003e's story Hitting Budapest, the opening chapter of the novel, won the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing. NoViolet's other work has been shortlisted for the 2009 SA PEN Studzinsi Award, and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Warwick Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in anthologies in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NoViolet recently earned her MFA at Cornell University, where her work has been recognized with a Truman Capote Fellowship. She will be attending Stanford in the fall as a Wallace Stegner Fellow for 2012-2014. NoViolet was born and raised in Zimbabwe.","brand":"Noviolet Bulawayo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67523631382756,"sku":"9780316230841","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780316230841.jpg?v=1791619620","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/we-need-new-names-noviolet-bulawayo-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}