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The Old Drift : A Novel Namwali Serpell

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London Hogarth 2019Copyright date: (c)2019Edition: First editionDescription: 566 pages genealogical table ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101907146
  • 1101907142
  • 9781781090497
  • 1781090491
  • 9781781090503
  • 1781090505
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Electronic version :: Old drift.DDC classification:
  • 813.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9405.9.S37 O53 2019
Contents:
The grandmothers -- The mothers -- The children.
Summary: 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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The grandmothers -- The mothers -- The children.

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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