The Old Drift
Serpell, Namwali, 1980-2020
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On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man's greatest nemesis. The tale? A playful panorama of history, fairytale, romance, and science fiction. The moral? To err is human. In 1904, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black, white, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond.
Main title:
The Old Drift / Namwali Serpell.
Author:
Serpell, Namwali, 1980-, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2020.
Collation:
566 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hogarth, 2019.
ISBN:
9781784703998 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6G
LC class:
PR9405.9.S37
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
2624064