The Old Drift. Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift


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  • The Old Drift
  • Namwali Serpell
  • Page: 592
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  • ISBN: 9781101907153
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
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“A dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage.”—Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Book Review   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times • The New York Times Book Review • Time • NPR • The Atlantic • BuzzFeed • Tordotcom • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum and Ray Bradbury Awards • Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. In a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black, white, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond. As the generations pass, their lives—their triumphs, errors, losses and hopes—emerge through a panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. From a woman covered with hair and another plagued with endless tears, to forbidden love affairs and fiery political ones, to homegrown technological marvels like Afronauts, microdrones and viral vaccines, this gripping, unforgettable novel is a testament to our yearning to create and cross borders, and a meditation on the slow, grand passage of time.   Praise for The Old Drift “An intimate, brainy, gleaming epic . . . This is a dazzling book, as ambitious as any first novel published this decade.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times   “A founding epic in the vein of Virgil’s Aeneid . . . though in its sprawling size, its flavor of picaresque comedy and its fusion of family lore with national politics it more resembles Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.”—The Wall Street Journal   “A story that intertwines strangers into families, which we'll follow for a century, magic into everyday moments, and the story of a nation, Zambia.”—NPR

Namwali Serpell On 'The Old Drift' : NPR
"The Old Drift" is a real saga of a story that intertwines strangers into families, which we'll follow for a century, magic into everyday moments and  The Old Drift - Bookmark | Book Marks
The Old Drift is a strong and confident enough piece of writing to stand on its own two feet and is perhaps not well served by being placed on the  A Review of: The Old Drift, by Namwali Serpell - Believer
Her debut novel, The Old Drift, begins with a joke. “This is the story of a nation—not a kingdom or a people—so it begins, of course, with a white  The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell By Sean - Strange Horizons
In this way, The Old Drift is a historical novel, articulating how the historical conditions of possibility for our present (and possible future) emerged. The Old Drift: A Novel (Paperback) | The Book Table
On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. In a smoky  'The Old Drift,' by Namwali Serpell review - The Washington Post
'The Old Drift' is a brilliant literary response to generations of bad politics. By Mark Athitakis. March 26, 2019  The Old Drift | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. In a smoky  THE OLD DRIFT | Kirkus Reviews
THE OLD DRIFT. by Namwali Serpell ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2019. The past, present, and future of an African nation is filtered with humane wit, vibrant 



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