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NoViolet Bulawayo’s latest book, ‘Glory’, portrays Zimbabwe’s post-liberation tragedy in a satire worthy of George Orwell
24 November 2022 - 05:00
Glory is the story of post-independence Zimbabwe. It’s been told before, but never in such a riotous way, anthropomorphised into farce-tragedy, an allegorical satire that makes us cry with laughter and weep with dismay.
The book opens with an Independence Day celebration in a fictional country called Jidada, an allegory for Zimbabwe...
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