Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book
Awards
2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award
2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
ISBN
9781101907146
The Old Drift is a 2019 historical fiction and science fiction novel by Zambian author Namwali Serpell. Set in Rhodesia/Zambia, it is Serpell's debut novel and follows the lives of three interwoven families in three generations.[1][2] It won the 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award[3] as well as the Arthur C. Clarke Award.[4]
^"The Old Drift". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
^Garner, Dwight (2019-03-25). "'The Old Drift' Is a Dazzling Debut Spanning Four Generations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
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