Author NoViolet Bulawayo's novel 'Glory' draws inspiration from the Orwellian
Podcast: NPR's Book of the DayPublished On: Mon Nov 28 2022
Description: Author NoViolet Bulawayo's new novel Glory is quite openly based on Orwell's Animal Farm and the 2017 coup in Zimbabwe that ousted then president Robert Mugabe. Horses rule the country, dogs are the military, cows, goats, sheep, and pigs are the everyday people. The government that has been in control of the country Jidada for 40 years has fallen to rebellion. But, as these things go, it quickly turns sour. Bulawayo told NPR's Scott Simon that "it is simply an issue of the leadership kind of forgetting [...] why the people they – that fought to serve – made the sacrifice that they did."Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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