03772cam a2200313 4500 406292651 TxAuBib 20191013120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780451485144 0451485149 0d017cab-bffd-41a2-bfaa-bd5a0e600d83 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4156113 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Serpell, Namwali, 1980- The Old Drift [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2019. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 686MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 686MB. HTML:"A dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage."—Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Book Review Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • "Clear-eyed, energetic and richly entertaining."—The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times • The New York Times Book Review • Time • NPR • Tordotcom • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage 1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. 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. As the generations pass, their lives—their triumphs, errors, losses and hopes—emerge through a panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. From 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 gripping, unforgettable novel is a testament to our yearning to create and cross borders, and a meditation on the slow, grand passage of time. Praise for The Old Drift "An intimate, brainy, gleaming epic . . . This is a dazzling book, as ambitious as any first novel published this decade."—Dwight Garner, The New York Times "A founding epic in the vein of Virgil's Aeneid . . . though in its sprawling size, its flavor of picaresque comedy and its fusion of family lore with national politics it more resembles Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children."—The Wall Street Journal "A story that intertwines strangers into families, which we'll follow for a century, magic into everyday moments, and the story of a nation, Zambia."—NPR. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2019-12-13 22:00:03. Andoh, Adjoa. Holdbrook-Smith, Kobna. Grant, Richard E., 1957- https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4156113-TheOldDrift.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0d017cab-bffd-41a2-bfaa-bd5a0e600d83&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4156113-TheOldDrift.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0d017cab-bffd-41a2-bfaa-bd5a0e600d83&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)