$28 + booking fee (includes guaranteed signed copy of The Old Drift – make sure to order “ Single ticket + Signed Copy of The Old Drift”)įor more information and to order, please visit our Eventbrite page.To guarantee your copy in advance, make sure to select “Single ticket + Signed Copy of The Old Drift” when you purchase your ticket! The discussion will be followed by a book signing, and Sister’s Uptown Bookstore will be selling copies of the novel. The evening’s discussion will be moderated by Brooklyn-based writer and critic, Julian Lucas. The Old Drift is a 2019 historical fiction and Science fiction novel by Zambian author Namwali Serpell.

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 – THE OLD DRIFT is a gripping, unforgettable debut novel. This error sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between these three Zambian families, as they continually collide over the course of the century, into the present, and beyond. As the generations pass, their lives12 their triumphs, errors, losses and hopes12 emerge through a panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles his fate with those of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. In 1904, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. Or is it a revolution? 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. Fates collide as a nation is born and drifts toward ruin. Join Namwali Serpell for a conversation about The Old Drift, her debut novel. The Old Drift Book Talk with Namwali Serpell and Julian Lucas

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