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Author : namwali serpell

Descripton : a zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families telling the story of a nation and of the grand sweep of time 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 here begins the story of a small african nation told by a swarm like chorus that calls itself man s greatest nemesis in 1904 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 form a symphony about what it means to be human 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 novel sweeps over the years and the globe