Glory
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
2022 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST
“Manifoldly clever…brilliant… ‘Glory’ is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folklore. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny.” —Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book...
“Manifoldly clever…brilliant… ‘Glory’ is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folklore. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny.” —Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book...
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2022 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST “Manifoldly clever…brilliant… ‘Glory’ is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folklore. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny.” —Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book Review
"Genius."—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds
From the award-winning author of the Booker-prize finalist We Need New Names, an exhilarating novel about the fall of an oppressive regime, and the chaos and opportunity that rise in its wake.
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
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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.
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When at last the Father of the Nation arrived for the Independence Day celebrations, no earlier than 3:28 in the afternoon, the citizens, congregated at the Jidada Square since morning, had had it with waiting; they could've razed the whole of Jidada with their frustration alone, that is, if Jidada had been any other place. But the land of farm animals wasn't any other place, it was Jidada, yes, tholukuthi Jidada with a -da and another -da, and just remembering this simple fact was enough to make most of the animals keep their feelings inside like intestines. The fierce sun, said by those who know about things to have been part of His Excellency's cheerleading squad by decree, had been up glaring since midmorning, doling out forceful rays fit for a ruler whose reign was nearing all of-not one, not two, not three, but four solid decades.
The Jidada Party regalia worn by most of the animals for the occasion-jackets and shirts and skirts and hats and scarves in various colors of the flag of the nation, many of the articles embossed with the face of His Excellency-trapped the sun's terrible heat and made the wait even more unbearable. But not all of the animals were going to stand for the torturous wait-some indeed started to leave, grumbling about having work and things to do, about places to go to, about the leaders of other lands who arrived at things right on time like God's infallible machete. These disgruntled animals started as just a smattering-two pigs, a cat, and a goose-but the faction very quickly grew to a respectable mass, and, emboldened by both their number and the sound of their own voices, the dissidents headed for the exit.
At the gate the group found themselves face-to-face with the Jidada Defenders, tholukuthi the dogs appropriately armed with batons, ropes, clubs, tear-gas canisters, shields, guns, and such typical weapons of
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defending. It was a known fact all over the nation and beyond its borders that Jidada Defenders were by nature violent, morbid beasts, but it was especially the presence of the notorious Commander Jambanja, distinguishable in his signature white bandanna, that made the dissenters promptly turn around and retrace their steps, miserable tails between their legs.
ENTER THE FATHER OF THE NATION: THE RULER WHOSE REIGN IS LONGER THAN THE NINE LIFE SPANS OF A HUNDRED CATS. ALSO THE LONGEST-SERVING LEADER IN A CONTINENT OF LONG-SERVING LEADERS, AND INDEED IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
Now His Excellency's car wove its way through the throngs with the slowness of a hearse, and the animals fell over themselves like intoxicated frogs, hoping to catch a glimpse of the legendary Father of the Nation. At this point the sun, upon seeing arrive the leader who was decreed by God himself to rule and rule and keep ruling, a leader who'd in turn decreed the very sun to head his cheerleading squad, took a deep, deep breath and thoroughly blazed to impress. A select group of dignitaries-all mals, most of them old-accompanied His Excellency on hind legs. Accompanying the accompanying dignitaries were decorated Defender leaders in military gear, colorful embroidered ropes cinched at the waist, caps pulled low, shiny constellations of medals glinting on solid chests, star insignias bouncing off the shoulders, white gloves on front paws; these were the generals, tholukuthi the true lynchpin of His Excellency's rule. Throughout the square, animals whipped out their phones and gadgets to take pictures and videos of the procession of power.
BEHOLD, HIM. YES, THOLUKUTHI HIM AND ONLY HIM HIMSELF. THE ANOINTED ONE. THE ONLY ONE. THE SUPREME ONE. THE MOST MAGNIFICENT ONE.
With the arrival of His Excellency, Jidada Square came alive. Tholukuthi the Father of the Nation had such an aura his mere presence in any space automatically rearranged the atoms in t
ENTER THE FATHER OF THE NATION: THE RULER WHOSE REIGN IS LONGER THAN THE NINE LIFE SPANS OF A HUNDRED CATS. ALSO THE LONGEST-SERVING LEADER IN A CONTINENT OF LONG-SERVING LEADERS, AND INDEED IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
Now His Excellency's car wove its way through the throngs with the slowness of a hearse, and the animals fell over themselves like intoxicated frogs, hoping to catch a glimpse of the legendary Father of the Nation. At this point the sun, upon seeing arrive the leader who was decreed by God himself to rule and rule and keep ruling, a leader who'd in turn decreed the very sun to head his cheerleading squad, took a deep, deep breath and thoroughly blazed to impress. A select group of dignitaries-all mals, most of them old-accompanied His Excellency on hind legs. Accompanying the accompanying dignitaries were decorated Defender leaders in military gear, colorful embroidered ropes cinched at the waist, caps pulled low, shiny constellations of medals glinting on solid chests, star insignias bouncing off the shoulders, white gloves on front paws; these were the generals, tholukuthi the true lynchpin of His Excellency's rule. Throughout the square, animals whipped out their phones and gadgets to take pictures and videos of the procession of power.
BEHOLD, HIM. YES, THOLUKUTHI HIM AND ONLY HIM HIMSELF. THE ANOINTED ONE. THE ONLY ONE. THE SUPREME ONE. THE MOST MAGNIFICENT ONE.
With the arrival of His Excellency, Jidada Square came alive. Tholukuthi the Father of the Nation had such an aura his mere presence in any space automatically rearranged the atoms in t
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Autoren-Porträt von NoViolet Bulawayo
NoViolet Bulawayo
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- Autor: NoViolet Bulawayo
- 2022, Internationale Ausgabe, 416 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Viking
- ISBN-10: 0593492498
- ISBN-13: 9780593492499
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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PRAISE FOR GLORY"Manifoldly clever brilliant... Glory is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folklore. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny."
Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book Review
"A crackling political satire."
The New York Times
"Genius."
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds
"Few writers possess a literary voice as inimitable as Bulawayo s [The] dazzling voices of this novel will draw you deep into its ambitious and mystifying heart."
Vulture
"An absurd yet captivating examination of themes such as toxic masculinity, hero worship, and performative change."
TIME
"Bulawayo s storytelling gifts are prodigious Any satire worth its weight in talking animals is really a warning to the powers that be, the complicit and anyone who thinks nothing so terrible could ever happen to them By almost any measure, Glory weighs a ton."
Washington Post
"Bulawayo s chronicle of the new government s corruption and the old one s brutality dramatizes Zimbabwean history while also illuminating the challenges of many developing nations."
The New Yorker
"Glory goes beyond its immediate inspiration in how, despite the Zimbabwean particulars, it expresses a people s frustration, terror, resilience, uprising, and hope in a way that can be applied to a multitude of nations and political realities around the globe. Hope is not an easy thing but, like Glory, it is indeed glorious in its power."
NPR
"[One of the] most anticipated books of 2022."
Oprah Daily
"'Glory' demonstrates what it is impossible to teach: there are no rules. Everything, even inconsistency, serves story. NoViolet Bulawayo joins writers like Ursula K Le Guin, Mohsin Hamid, and Colum McCann to revolutionize the possibilities of fiction. 'Glory' will give writers permission to break free from rigid etiquette and use the storytelling habits of the world, and the concerns of that world as their
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mise en scène. For that alone Bulawayo deserves all the available accolades."
The Boston Globe
"Inspired by Robert Mugabe s fall from power in 2017 and George Orwell s classic fable Animal Farm, Bulawayo satirizes the dysfunctional politics that curse so many African nations in this long-awaited sophomore effort after her 2013 Booker finalist debut, We Need New Names."
Buzzfeed
"With ingenuity and skill, Bulawayo masterfully controls her story."
San Francisco Chronical
"Imaginative, sweeping, hard-hitting, eye-opening, and unabashedly political, Glory is an important read."
Washington Independent Review of Books
"Throughout, Bulawayo keenly displays the perspectives of political players and the civilians who bear the brunt of their violence. With satire that feels necessary and urgent, Bulawayo brings clarity to a murky political morass."
Publishers Weekly
"Conjure[s] a mood of an epic folktale."
Kirkus Reviews
"Glory is like nothing we ve read before. It s a strange, creative, experimental book that will take the reading world by storm, a satire grounded in hope."
Book Riot
"With its entirely nonhuman cast of horses, goats, donkeys, dogs, cats and cattle and its merciless focus on politics, NoViolet Bulawayo s novel Glory is bound to evoke George Orwell s Animal Farm for many readers. But this is no reboot. Beyond those broad similarities, Bulawayo s story is her own."
Tampa Bay Times
"A surreal venture that lays the struggles of social upheaval bare."
Leanne Butkovic, Thrillist
"Inspired by the fall of Robert Mugabe, [Glory] promises an incisive parable for our times."
Tom Beer
"Bulawayo s writing is a performance. Colorful, poetic, comedic. Like a masquerade, her writing dances in a blend of contrasts. Her animal characters have no problem piling on their adjectives and stacking variations of the same imagery to create delightful sonic and visual patterns."
Brittle Paper
PRAISE FOR NOVIOLET BULAWAYO
"A deeply felt and fiercely written debut novel . . . The voice Ms. Bulawayo has fashioned for [Darling] is utterly distinctive - by turns unsparing and lyrical, unsentimental and poetic, spiky and meditative."
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"A gifted writer."
New York Times Book Review
"NoViolet Bulawayo does not shrink away from anything [She] writes with poignant clarity and hard-hitting imagery."
New York Daily News
"The Booker Prize shortlisted author of We Need New Names returns with a novel inspired by the fall of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in 2017. Described as an anthropomorphic allegory in the tradition of Animal Farm, Bulawayo s tale of dictatorship and oppression explores the exaltation and downfall of a would-be savior."
Oprah Daily
"[Bulawayo s] prose is warm and clear and unfussy Her hard, funny first novel is a triumph."
Entertainment Weekly
"Her gift as a visual storyteller should propel her to a bright future."
USA Today
"Bulawayo s meditations on displacement and belonging have already garnered widespread critical praise and comparisons to the likes of Zadie Smith and J. M. Coetzee Bulawayo mixes imagination and reality, combining an intuitive attention to detail with startling, visceral imagery... This book is a provocative, haunting debut from an author to watch."
Elle
The Boston Globe
"Inspired by Robert Mugabe s fall from power in 2017 and George Orwell s classic fable Animal Farm, Bulawayo satirizes the dysfunctional politics that curse so many African nations in this long-awaited sophomore effort after her 2013 Booker finalist debut, We Need New Names."
Buzzfeed
"With ingenuity and skill, Bulawayo masterfully controls her story."
San Francisco Chronical
"Imaginative, sweeping, hard-hitting, eye-opening, and unabashedly political, Glory is an important read."
Washington Independent Review of Books
"Throughout, Bulawayo keenly displays the perspectives of political players and the civilians who bear the brunt of their violence. With satire that feels necessary and urgent, Bulawayo brings clarity to a murky political morass."
Publishers Weekly
"Conjure[s] a mood of an epic folktale."
Kirkus Reviews
"Glory is like nothing we ve read before. It s a strange, creative, experimental book that will take the reading world by storm, a satire grounded in hope."
Book Riot
"With its entirely nonhuman cast of horses, goats, donkeys, dogs, cats and cattle and its merciless focus on politics, NoViolet Bulawayo s novel Glory is bound to evoke George Orwell s Animal Farm for many readers. But this is no reboot. Beyond those broad similarities, Bulawayo s story is her own."
Tampa Bay Times
"A surreal venture that lays the struggles of social upheaval bare."
Leanne Butkovic, Thrillist
"Inspired by the fall of Robert Mugabe, [Glory] promises an incisive parable for our times."
Tom Beer
"Bulawayo s writing is a performance. Colorful, poetic, comedic. Like a masquerade, her writing dances in a blend of contrasts. Her animal characters have no problem piling on their adjectives and stacking variations of the same imagery to create delightful sonic and visual patterns."
Brittle Paper
PRAISE FOR NOVIOLET BULAWAYO
"A deeply felt and fiercely written debut novel . . . The voice Ms. Bulawayo has fashioned for [Darling] is utterly distinctive - by turns unsparing and lyrical, unsentimental and poetic, spiky and meditative."
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"A gifted writer."
New York Times Book Review
"NoViolet Bulawayo does not shrink away from anything [She] writes with poignant clarity and hard-hitting imagery."
New York Daily News
"The Booker Prize shortlisted author of We Need New Names returns with a novel inspired by the fall of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in 2017. Described as an anthropomorphic allegory in the tradition of Animal Farm, Bulawayo s tale of dictatorship and oppression explores the exaltation and downfall of a would-be savior."
Oprah Daily
"[Bulawayo s] prose is warm and clear and unfussy Her hard, funny first novel is a triumph."
Entertainment Weekly
"Her gift as a visual storyteller should propel her to a bright future."
USA Today
"Bulawayo s meditations on displacement and belonging have already garnered widespread critical praise and comparisons to the likes of Zadie Smith and J. M. Coetzee Bulawayo mixes imagination and reality, combining an intuitive attention to detail with startling, visceral imagery... This book is a provocative, haunting debut from an author to watch."
Elle
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