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We need new names : a novel / NoViolet Bulawayo.
Follows ten-year-old Zimbabwe native, Darling, as she escapes the closed schools and paramilitary police control of her homeland in search of opportunity and freedom with an aunt in America.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316230810 (hc.) :
- ISBN: 0316230812 (hc.)
- Physical Description: 296 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Reagan Arthur Books, 2013.
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| Subject: | Girls > Zimbabwe > Fiction. Political violence > Zimbabwe > Fiction. Families > Zimbabwe > Fiction. Emigration and immigration > Fiction. Zimbabweans > United States > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction |
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Salmo Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmo Public Library | FIC BUL (Text) | 35163000080064 | Adult Fiction (hardback or trade paperback) | Volume hold | Available | - |
NoViolet Bulawayo'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 Callaloo, The Boston Review, Newsweek, and The Warwick Review, as well as in anthologies in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the UK.
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.
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.
