Now Is the Time for Running
by Michael Williams
Relevant, timely, and accessibly written, Now Is the Time For Running is a staggering story of survival that follows Deo and his mentally handicapped older brother on a transformative journey that will stick with readers long after the last page.
Reviews:
"A harrowing tale of modern Zimbabwe... gripping, suspenseful and deeply compassionate." --Kirkus (starred review)
"Williams skillfully draws the plight of these refugee brothers with both suspense and sympathy, and readers cannot help but root for them in their quest to rebuild their broken lives ... a compelling mix of suspense, sports, and social injustice." --Horn Book
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Interested in other fiction about modern Africa? Check out...
- We Are All Zimbabweans Now, by James William Kilgore (**also new the MRC**)
- Welcome to Hillbrow: A Novel of Post-Apartheid South Africa, by Phaswane Mpe
- Say You're One of Them, by Uwem Akpan
- This Thing Called the Future: A Novel, by J.L. Powers
- Running the Rift: A Novel, by Naomi Benaron
- Baking Cakes in Kigali, by Gaile Parkin
- Broken Memory: A Novel of Rwanda, by Elizabeth Combres
- Chanda's Wars, by Allan Stratton
- Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You, by Hanna Jansen
- Measuring Time: A Novel, by Helon Habila
- A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk, by Jan Coates
- Coconut, by Kopano Matlwa
- Between Sisters, by Adwoa Badoe
- Many Stones, by Carolyn Coman
- Rainmaker, by Don Pinnock
- Beats of No Nation, by Uzodinma Iweala
- The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay
- Swallow, by Sefi Atta
- The Famished Road, by Ben Okri
- Living, Loving, and Lying Awake at Night, by Sindiwe Magona (short stories)
- In Corner B, by Es'kia Mphahlele (short stories)