We Need New Names

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Zimbabwean girl's tumultuous journey to American life.

We Need New Names is a striking read that's hard to put down. It's particularly resonant for anyone seeking to understand the immigrant experience through fresh, vibrant storytelling. NoViolet Bulawayo crafts Darling's world with such authenticity and raw emotion that you'll be drawn into each page, living alongside Darling as she navigates her ever-changing landscapes.

  • 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.

We Need New Names

Regular price $10.90
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ISBN: 9780316230841
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date of Publication: 2014-05-20
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Asian Literature, Race
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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Zimbabwean girl's tumultuous journey to American life.

We Need New Names is a striking read that's hard to put down. It's particularly resonant for anyone seeking to understand the immigrant experience through fresh, vibrant storytelling. NoViolet Bulawayo crafts Darling's world with such authenticity and raw emotion that you'll be drawn into each page, living alongside Darling as she navigates her ever-changing landscapes.

  • 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.