![]() ![]() I really enjoyed some of the true historic events the author weaved into the story. As the generations pass, their lives – their triumphs, errors, losses and hopes – form a symphony about what it means to be human.įrom a woman covered with hair and another plagued with endless tears, to forbidden love affairs and fiery political ones, to homegrown technological marvels like Afronauts, microdrones and viral vaccines – this novel sweeps over the years and the globe.īritish colonialism vs African revolutionaries, 3rd world poverty vs high tech drones, beautiful powerful writing vs meaningless ramblings. 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. ![]() Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. In 1904, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Here begins the story of a small African nation, told by a swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. ![]() ![]() 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. A Zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families, telling the story of a nation, and of the grand sweep of time ![]()
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