![]() They discussed Afrofuturism and AIDS, Victoria Falls and deviant bodies, whether Serpell hears characters in her head, and whether she sides with robots against humans. On Friday, September 20, 2019-at the new McNally Jackson bookstore in South Street Seaport-Serpell sat down with Sharon Marcus, editor in chief of Public Books, to speak about The Old Drift. ![]() ![]() It made the skin on the back of my neck prickle.” The novel has been awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times’ Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction. A dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage.Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Book. A dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage.Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Book Review. ![]() Dwight Garner praises Serpell’s The Old Drift as “a dazzling book, as ambitious as any first novel published this decade. The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell: 9781101907153 : Books. ![]() In writing what she wryly calls “the Great Zambian Novel you didn’t know you were waiting for,” Namwali Serpell weaves three separate family timelines-and, stunningly, multiple genres-into a mesmerizing whole. The Old Drift: A Novel Hardcover Maby Namwali Serpell (Author) 1,224 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 7.99 77 Used from 2.32 27 New from 7.92 9 Collectible from 25. ![]()
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