NoViolet Bulawayo’s latest book, ‘Glory’, portrays Zimbabwe’s post-liberation tragedy in a satire inspired by George Orwell.
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...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.
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