NoViolet Bulawayo
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"An explosive novel about the chaos of revolution, Glory centres around the unexpected fall of Old Horse, a long-serving leader of a fictional African country, and the drama that follows for an unruly nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup, in November 2017, of Robert Mugabe--Zimbabwe's president who took office in 1980 and...never left--Bulawayo's bold, vividly imagined novel shows a country imploding,...
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La historia arranca en un barrio de chabolas llamado Paraíso, donde Darling, a sus diez años, se mueve junto a sus amigos con la frescura y la osadía propias de la edad. Ya sea robando guayabas en Budapest, el rico vecindario cercano, o imitando destellos de la cultura pop captados fugazmente en el televisor, la vida es un jego extraño y fascinante en el que los momentos de felicidad inocente se confunden con la crudeza del entorno. Sin embargo,...
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"Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing, this collection showcases all twenty prize-winning short stories - each with its own unique take on modern African life. A jailer's love poems ghost-written by a prisoner... Love blossoming between two girls despite the horror of their community... Street kids stick-fighting or stealing guavas from the rich... A dystopian world where women must go naked until they marry......