Celebrated Zimbabwean Novelist, NoViolet Bulawayo has been shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize. Violet was shortlisted for her novel, Glory, an Animal Farm-inspired political satire narrated by a chorus of animals. The judges called it “a magical crossing of the African continent in its political excesses and its wacky characters.” The chair of judges, Neil MacGregor described the shortlist as the group of people who “speak powerfully about important things”. Others on the shortlist include one Irish writer, one English writer, two Americans, and one from Sri Lanka. The panel of judges trimmed down the longlist of 13 books to the following six titles: Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan The Trees by Percival Everett The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout Treacle Walker by Alan Garner Announcing the shortlist live from the Serpentine Pavilion in London, MacGregor…
Zimbabwean Novelist, NoViolet Bulawayo Shortlisted for Booker Prize 2022
