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A review by ovenbird_reads
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
4.0
Around the World: Zimbabwe
A finely crafted story that manages to be simultaneously heartbreaking and funny. Bulawayo is a master of analogy. She creates some of the most powerful and unique similes I have ever seen in print. The experience of immigration from Africa to America comes alive through the character of Darling. The narrative is raw, sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful. The book's core is portrayed in the final image--a dog killed by a bread truck on the dusty African road, its guts spilling out, its blood sprayed everywhere but the carnage mingling with the unbelievably appealing smell of fresh bread. Definitely recommended.
A finely crafted story that manages to be simultaneously heartbreaking and funny. Bulawayo is a master of analogy. She creates some of the most powerful and unique similes I have ever seen in print. The experience of immigration from Africa to America comes alive through the character of Darling. The narrative is raw, sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful. The book's core is portrayed in the final image--a dog killed by a bread truck on the dusty African road, its guts spilling out, its blood sprayed everywhere but the carnage mingling with the unbelievably appealing smell of fresh bread. Definitely recommended.