Namwali Serpell: 7 books

Book cover of L'ho sposato, lettore mio
by Tessa Hadley, Sarah Hall, Helen Dunmore
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 21, 2016

Per quale ragione «L’ho sposato, lettore mio» è una delle frasi più celebri e citate della letteratura inglese? La risposta, tutt’altro che ovvia, risiede nel capolavoro da cui è tratta: Jane Eyre (1847), la storia di un’orfana che, grazie alla sola intelligenza e caparbietà, riesce a...
Book cover of The Old Drift

The Old Drift

A Novel

by Namwali Serpell
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019

“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 On the banks of the...
Book cover of Think in Public

Think in Public

A Public Books Reader

by Judith Butler, Fred Turner, Lilly Irani
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions...
Book cover of Double Men: A Short Story from the collection, Reader, I Married Him
by Namwali Serpell
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016

A short story by Namwali Serpell from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In ‘Double Men’, a secret liaison during a Zambian bonding ceremony has repercussions for two old female friends. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings...
Book cover of Lusaka Punk and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2015
by Segun Afolabi, Elnathan John, F. T. Kola
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015

Now in its sixteenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection collects the five 2015 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop, which took place in April 2015.
Book cover of Seven Modes of Uncertainty
by C. Namwali Serpell
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014

Literature is uncertain. Literature is good for us. These two ideas are often taken for granted. But what is the relationship between literature's capacity to perplex and its ethical value? Seven Modes of Uncertainty contends that literary uncertainty is crucial to ethics because it pushes us beyond the limits of our experience.
Book cover of Uomini doppi

Uomini doppi

L'ho sposato, lettore mio

by Namwali Serpell
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 11, 2016

Per festeggiare i 200 anni della nascita di Charlotte Brontë, Tracy Chevalier ha chiesto alle migliori autrici in lingua inglese di scrivere una storia ispirata alla celebre battuta di Jane Eyre: «L’ho sposato, lettore mio». Questo racconto fa parte della raccolta dedicata a Charlotte Brontë: L’ho sposato, lettore mio a cura di TRACY CHEVALIER
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