House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
'Easily the best debut I've read this year, Tshuma's novel is both hilarious and horrifying, filled with compassion, anger and despair. [Her] unreliable narrator [is] of the kind that deserves to be remembered up there with Humbert Humbert' Kim Evans, Culturefly
An extraordinary achievement * Helon Habila, Guardian *
Remarkable.. Brilliant... Wise and demanding... Stunning... A remarkable feat... Ingenious * New York Times *
Epic... Beautiful * Panashe Chigumadzi, Guardian *
A towering and multi-layered gem. One of the greatest-ever novels about Zimbabwe * NoViolet Bulawayo, author of 'We Need New Names' *
Hilarious and horrifying... Easily the best debut I've read this year * Culturefly *
Astounding * The Skinny *
One of the most brilliant writers I know * Garth Greenwell, author of 'What Belongs to You' *
Stunning * Bookriot *
Captivating * Emerald Street *
Are we on the cusp of a new age of African literature?... A courageous and probing work * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Smart, original, feisty, brutal and gorgeous * Chika Unigwe, author of 'On Black Sisters' Street' *
Enthralling... Audacious... A huge talent. * Brian Chikwava, author of 'Harare North' *
A truly original work of art... Utterly stunning. * author of 'The Hairdresser of Harare' *
House of Stone is the novel devastated Zimbabwe needed to have written. Now Novuyo Tshuma has written it. Bayethe to her scintillating talent! In the most original and fearless prose I've read in years, Tshuma's scheming narrator, Zamani, reveals the personal and political disintegration that was Zimbabwe's undoing. * Tsitsi Dangarembga *
With luminous language, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma explores the treacherous terrain of colonization and decolonization, remembering and forgetting, and love and betrayal. The result is a gripping account of revolution and its aftermath, both for a country and for one man -- Viet Thanh Nguyen * Pulitzer Prize–winning author of 'The Sympathizer' *
Remarkable.. Brilliant... Wise and demanding... Stunning... A remarkable feat... Ingenious * New York Times *
Epic... Beautiful * Panashe Chigumadzi, Guardian *
A towering and multi-layered gem. One of the greatest-ever novels about Zimbabwe * NoViolet Bulawayo, author of 'We Need New Names' *
Hilarious and horrifying... Easily the best debut I've read this year * Culturefly *
Astounding * The Skinny *
One of the most brilliant writers I know * Garth Greenwell, author of 'What Belongs to You' *
Stunning * Bookriot *
Captivating * Emerald Street *
Are we on the cusp of a new age of African literature?... A courageous and probing work * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Smart, original, feisty, brutal and gorgeous * Chika Unigwe, author of 'On Black Sisters' Street' *
Enthralling... Audacious... A huge talent. * Brian Chikwava, author of 'Harare North' *
A truly original work of art... Utterly stunning. * author of 'The Hairdresser of Harare' *
House of Stone is the novel devastated Zimbabwe needed to have written. Now Novuyo Tshuma has written it. Bayethe to her scintillating talent! In the most original and fearless prose I've read in years, Tshuma's scheming narrator, Zamani, reveals the personal and political disintegration that was Zimbabwe's undoing. * Tsitsi Dangarembga *
With luminous language, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma explores the treacherous terrain of colonization and decolonization, remembering and forgetting, and love and betrayal. The result is a gripping account of revolution and its aftermath, both for a country and for one man -- Viet Thanh Nguyen * Pulitzer Prize–winning author of 'The Sympathizer' *
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma grew up in Zimbabwe, and has lived in South Africa and the USA. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her first novel, House of Stone, has been longlisted for the Folio Prize and the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2019, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2019 and has won an Edward Stanford Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786493187 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786493187 |
| Title | House of Stone |
| Author | Novuyo Rosa Tshuma |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2019-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Winner of Edward Stanford Prize 2019 (UK), Long-listed for FOLIO PRIZE 2019 (UK), Long-listed for ORWELL PRIZE 2019 (UK) |
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