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In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet -- sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors -- doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As the violence escalates, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through. Exit West follows the couple as they emerge into an alien and uncertain future, struggling to hold on to each other, to their past, to the very sense of who they are.

Civil war --- Refugees --- Man-woman relationships --- Fiction / political. --- Fiction / cultural heritage. --- Fiction / literary. --- Love stories. --- Civil war. --- Man-woman relationships. --- Refugees. --- Réfugiés --- Roman d'amour

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"NoViolet Bulawayo’s bold new novel follows the fall of the Old Horse, the long-serving leader of a fictional country, and the drama that follows for a rumbustious nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup in November 2017 of Robert G. Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s president of nearly four decades, Glory shows a country’s imploding, narrated by a chorus of animal voices that unveil the ruthlessness required to uphold the illusion of absolute power and the imagination and bulletproof optimism to overthrow it completely. By immersing readers in the daily lives of a population in upheaval, Bulawayo reveals the dazzling life force and irresistible wit that lie barely concealed beneath the surface of seemingly bleak circumstances. And at the center of this tumult is Destiny, a young goat who returns to Jidada to bear witness to revolution—and to recount the unofficial history and the potential legacy of the females who have quietly pulled the strings here. The animal kingdom—its connection to our primal responses and its resonance in the mythology, folktales, and fairy tales that define cultures the world over—unmasks the surreality of contemporary global politics to help us understand our world more clearly, even as Bulawayo plucks us right out of it. Although Zimbabwe is the immediate inspiration for this thrilling story, Glory was written in a time of global clamor, with resistance movements across the world challenging different forms of oppression. Thus it often feels like Bulawayo captures several places in one blockbuster allegory, crystallizing a turning point in history with the texture and nuance that only the greatest fiction can."--

Animals --- Animaux --- Coups d'État --- Coups d'état --- FICTION / African American & Black / General. --- FICTION / Literary. --- FICTION / Political. --- Politics and government. --- Revolutions --- Revolutions --- Revolutions. --- Révolutions --- Totalitarianism --- Totalitarisme --- Africa --- Africa --- Africa. --- Afrique --- Politics and government --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement

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"Stories that Bind: Political Economy and Culture in New India examines the assertion of authoritarian nationalism and neoliberalism; both backed by the authority of the state and argues that contemporary India should be understood as the intersection of the two. More importantly, the book reveals, through its focus on India and its complex media landscape that this intersection has a narrative form, which author, Madhavi Murty labels spectacular realism. The book shows that the intersection of neoliberalism with authoritarian nationalism is strengthened by the circulation of stories about "emergence," "renewal," "development," and "mobility" of the nation and its people. It studies stories told through film, journalism, and popular non-fiction along with the stories narrated by political and corporate leaders to argue that Hindu nationalism and neoliberalism are conjoined in popular culture and that consent for this political economic project is crucially won in the domain of popular culture. Moving between mediascapes to create an archive of popular culture, Murty advances our understanding of political economy through material that is often seen as inconsequential, namely the popular cultural story. These stories stoke our desires (e.g. for wealth), scaffold our instincts (e.g. for a strong leadership) and shape our values"--

Hindutva --- Neoliberalism --- Popular culture --- Mass media --- Political aspects --- India --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government --- Political Economy, Culture, New India, authoritarian nationalism, neoliberalism, contemporary India, media, spectacular realism, emergence, renewal, development, mobility, film, journalism, popular non-fiction, political leaders, corporate leaders, Hindu nationalism, popular culture, mediascapes, Caste, Religion, Poverty, entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, identity politics, new times, love, Narendra, Modi, prime minister Modi, Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party, National Democratic Alliance, Hinduism, Indian. --- Hindutva. --- Neoliberalism. --- Sociology. --- Political aspects.