Chronicle Editor
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter
CELEBRATED author Noviolet Bulawayo is set to make a long-awaited return with a book titled Glory, which will be published in hardback, e-book and audio on 7 April next year, breaking an almost decade long hiatus from the literary scene.
The book will be released by Chatto and Windus, with publishing house describing the follow up to the critically acclaimed We Need New Names as “punchy, funny and piercing.”
“Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and helps us see our human world more clearly,” part of the book’s synopsis reads.
Becky Hardie, deputy publishing director, acquired British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Alba Ziegler-Bailey at the Wylie Agency, said of the much-anticipated book:
“NoViolet burst into our lives with her debut We Need New Names, which took hearts, minds and prize lists by storm. We are so excited she’s back, with this spectacularly inventive, powerful and witty novel. Just as kids like Darling, Bastard and Chipo got to the heart of the matter in NoViolet’s first book, here animals hold up a mirror to our world in a way that’s impossible to ignore.”
Noviolet’s 2013 debut We Need New Names, also released under Chatto & Windus, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. It won a Betty Trask Award, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, the Etisalat Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction.
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Bongani Ndlovu