![]() ![]() ![]() NoBulawayo was born and raised in Zimbabwe and attended Njube High School and later Mzilikazi High School for her A levels. NoViolet Bulawayo (pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele) is a Zimbabwean author and Stegner Fellow at Stanford University (2012–2014). ![]() Awards-Caine Prize for African Writing National Book Awards.Education-B.A., M.A., Texas A&M M.F.A., Cornell University.Coetzee-while she tells a vivid, raw story all her own. ![]() 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. 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. Before their homes were destroyed by paramilitary policemen, before the school closed, before the fathers left for dangerous jobs abroad.īut Darling has a chance to escape: she has an aunt in America. 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. The unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and to America.ĭarling is only ten years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. ![]()
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