Take a photo of a barcode or cover
kaelz 's review for:
We Need New Names
by NoViolet Bulawayo
I love names! So, this was an awesome read...
I think this is the crux of the story: She has sacrificed her identity so her children can grow up American but it means that she is forever in limbo, always an alien. Even in death, her ancestors will not welcome her. She says “the spirits will not come running to meet us, and so we will wait and wait and wait- forever waiting in the air like flags of unsung countries.” We only hear Darling’s full name once (Darling Nonkululeko Nkala) and by then she no longer holds that identity anymore. Nkululeko means “freedom” and Darling is not free!
Check my full review here; https://plainjaynne.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/whats-in-a-name/
I think this is the crux of the story: She has sacrificed her identity so her children can grow up American but it means that she is forever in limbo, always an alien. Even in death, her ancestors will not welcome her. She says “the spirits will not come running to meet us, and so we will wait and wait and wait- forever waiting in the air like flags of unsung countries.” We only hear Darling’s full name once (Darling Nonkululeko Nkala) and by then she no longer holds that identity anymore. Nkululeko means “freedom” and Darling is not free!
Check my full review here; https://plainjaynne.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/whats-in-a-name/