- Africa, fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, historical, New York Times reviewed
On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. The tale? A playful panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. The moral? To err is human.
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Epic, prestige, open-ended and formally daring.
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Namwali Serpell
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 576
- Publisher
- Hogarth, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781473545458
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