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We Need New Names

We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981)

English editions

Written in English

  • We Need New Names

    Vintage Classics · United Kingdom · 14 October 2021 · Paperback · 304 pages

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  • We Need New Names

    Reagan Arthur Books · United States · 2013 · Hardcover · 296 pages

  • We Need New Names

    Chatto & Windus · United Kingdom · 2013

  • We Need New Names

    Little, Brown Paperbacks · United States · 20 May 2014 · Paperback · 320 pages

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Darling is ten. With her friends Bastard, Chipo, Godknows, Sbho and Stina she lives in a Zimbabwean shanty called Paradise, after paramilitary police destroyed their real homes. Before, there were proper houses with furniture, a school that was open, and fathers who had not yet gone abroad for dangerous jobs; now the children steal guavas, play games and scheme to rid Chipo, still a child herself, of the baby she is carrying, dreaming of other paradises such as America, Dubai or Europe. Darling's aunt lives in America, and her chance to leave comes. In the land of famous abundance, though, she finds that the choices open to an immigrant are few.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
Coming of age, Migration (assigned by AI)
Set in
Zimbabwe, United States
First published
2013
Author's age
32 when first published
ISBN

9780316230810 (Reagan Arthur Books, United States)

9780701188030 (Chatto & Windus, United Kingdom)

9780316230841 (Little, Brown Paperbacks, United States)

9781784877507 (Vintage Classics, United Kingdom)

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