Fionnáin reviewed We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Review of 'We Need New Names' on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
Some outstanding passages (the entire chapter 'How They Lived' is remarkable) From shanty towns in Zimbabwe to wealth and ruin in Michigan, the story observes society and humanity through the eyes of a child. This 'child's-eye' formula is the only weakness in this story, with unsophisticated, blundering sections of naivete interrupting some excellent social observation and philosophy, and some great writing.