"Budapest is like a different country. A country where people who are not like us live, says the narrator, a nine-year-old girl called Darling. Budapest is big, big houses with the graveled yards and tall fences and durawalls and flowers and green trees, heavy with fruit that's waiting for us since nobody around here seems to know what fruit is for. It's the fruit that gives us courage, otherwise we wouldn't dare be here."
"Winning the Caine prize as an unpublished writer back in 2011 was truly the kind of defining highlight to jumpstart a career, she said. It brought my work to a global audience, affirmed my literary path, and strengthened my confidence and commitment to writing, so that finishing a first novel worthy of the recognition bestowed on me by Africa's most prestigious literary award my first ever recognition was non-negotiable."
NoViolet Bulawayo received the Best of Caine award, an honorary prize marking the Caine Prize's 25th anniversary. The prize recognized 'Hitting Budapest,' which originally won the 2011 Caine Prize. The story follows six children who leave their shantytown, Paradise, to steal guavas in an affluent neighbourhood called Budapest. The narrator, nine-year-old Darling, describes Budapest as a different country with big houses, graveled yards, tall fences and fruit that gives the children courage. Judges praised the story's powerful language, distinctive voice, and bold storytelling. The award was presented at the inaugural Words Across Waters: Afro Lit Fest at the British Library in London.
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