"A dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage."-Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times • The New York Times Book Review...

Speculative essays that probe the mythology of the face by the author of The Old Drift von Serpell, Namwali

I don't want to tell you what happened; I want to tell you how it felt. Cassandra Williams is twelve; her little brother Wayne is seven. One day, when they are alone together, there is an accident, and Wayne is lost forever. Though his...

"Cassandra Williams is twelve, and her little brother Wayne is seven. One day, when they're alone together, an accident happens and Wayne is lost forever. Or so it seems. Though his body is never recovered, their mother, unable to give...

"The Old Drift" von Namwali Serpell ist ein epischer Roman, der die Geschichte von drei Generationen dreier Familien in Sambia erzählt. Das Buch beginnt mit dem Zusammentreffen eines britischen Kolonialisten, einer italienischen...

In this debut from the winner of the 2015 Caine Prize for African writing, Zambian myth and legend combine with the story of a drifter's mistake in 1904, setting in motion a cycle of retribution between black, white and brown Zambian...

Old Drift von Serpell, Namwali