Glory : a novel / NoViolet Bulawayo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bulawayo, NoViolet, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa.

Africa--Politics and government--Fiction.

Revolutions--Fiction.

Revolutions.

Coups d'état--Africa--Fiction.

Coups d'état.

Totalitarianism--Fiction.

Totalitarianism.

Animals--Fiction.

Animals.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Fiction.

Animal fiction.

Political fiction.

Allegories.

Novels.

Urban fiction.

Physical Description:

403 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]

Summary:

Destiny, a young goat, returns to Jidada to bear witness to revolution-- and to recount the unofficial history and potential legacy of the females who have quietly pulled the strings. After the fall of Old Horse, the long-serving leader of the country, the nation of animals seek for a path to true liberation. The chorus of their animal voices unveils the ruthlessness required to uphold the illusion of absolute power-- and the imagination and bulletproof optimism to overthrow it completely. -- adapted from jacket

"An explosive novel about the chaos of revolution, Glory centres around the unexpected fall of Old Horse, a long-serving leader of a fictional African country, and the drama that follows for an unruly nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup, in November 2017, of Robert Mugabe--Zimbabwe's president who took office in 1980 and...never left--Bulawayo's bold, vividly imagined novel shows a country imploding, narrated by a chorus of animal voices who unveil theruthlessness and cold strategy required to uphold the illusion of absolute power, and to overthrow it completely. As with her debut novel We Need New Names, Bulawayo's fierce voice and lucid imagery immerses us in the daily life of a traumatized nation,revealing the dazzling life force and irrepressible wit that lies barely concealed beneath the surface of seemingly bleak circumstances. At the center of this tumult is Destiny, who has returned to the motherland from America to bear witness to revolution--and, unwittingly, narrate the secret history and the potential legacy of the women who have quietly pulled the strings in this country. The animal kingdom--its connection to our primal responses and resonance in the mythology, folktales, and fairytalesthat define cultures the world over--unmasks the surreality of contemporary global politics to help us understand our world more clearly, even as Bulwayo plucks us right out of it. Glory is a blockbuster, an exhilarating ride, and crystalizes a turning point in history with the texture and nuance that only the greatest of fiction can"-- Provided by publisher.

"NoViolet Bulawayo's bold new novel follows the fall of the Old Horse, the long-serving leader of a fictional country, and the drama that follows for a rumbustious nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup in November 2017 of Robert G. Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president of nearly four decades, Glory shows a country's imploding, narrated by a chorus of animal voices that unveil the ruthlessness required to uphold the illusion of absolute power and the imagination and bulletproof optimism to overthrow it completely. By immersing readers in the daily lives of a population in upheaval, Bulawayo reveals the dazzling life force and irresistible wit that lie barely concealed beneath the surface of seemingly bleak circumstances. And at the center of this tumult is Destiny, a young goat who returns to Jidada to bear witness to revolution--and to recount the unofficial history and the potential legacy of the females who have quietly pulled the strings here. The animal kingdom--its connection to our primal responses and its resonance in the mythology, folktales, and fairy tales that define cultures the world over--unmasks the surreality of contemporary global politics to help us understand our world more clearly, even as Bulawayo plucks us right out of it. Although Zimbabwe is the immediate inspiration for this thrilling story, Glory was written in a time of global clamor, with resistance movements across the world challenging different forms of oppression. Thus it often feels like Bulawayo captures several places in one blockbuster allegory, crystallizing a turning point in history with the texture and nuance that only the greatest fiction can."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Independence

A Leader Who Thinks He Is Leading and Has No Power Is Only Taking a Walk

Battle for Jidada

Tholukuthi Fugitive

Even Monkeys Fall from Trees

God of Jidada

New Dispensation

Returnee

A Free, Fair, and Credible Election

Legacy Tour

Past, Present, Future, Past

Lozikeyi Votes

Defending the Revolution

Operation Restore Legacy

Queuenation

Defending the Revolution,

Reformation in the Time of the Crocodile

GLORY

The Red Butterflies of Jidada

My Bones Will Rise Again

Independence.

#freefairncredibleelection

Defending the Revolution, 1983

Tholukuthi Promised Land

Defending the Revolution, 2019

Second Independence.

Notes:

Place of publication from publishers website.

Booker Prize Shortlist, 2022

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Bulawayo, NoViolet. Glory.

ISBN:

9780525561132

0525561137

OCLC:

1256593348