WE NEED NEW STORIES is the first book Ive read that makes sense of where we are. As the centre ground is being eroded, she challenges us to find new narrators whose stories can fill the void and unite us behind a shared progressive vision.ĭo women mistake access for arrival? Has the concept of political correctness been weaponised to avoid ceding space to those excluded from power? Is whiteness an identity with barriers to entry? These are some of the questions at the centre of Nesrine Malik's radical and compelling analysis. Nesrine Malik writes with urgent eloquence about the world we live in. Nesrine Malik applies her uniquely sharp intellect to a range of stories used to maintain the status quo. We are in a unique moment as it is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working, that the narratives used for decades to stave off progressive causes are in danger of being exposed as falsehoods, that the myths, be it of sexual liberation or of white non-identity, are at odds with the lived experience and in urgent need of revision. 'A powerful and persuasive debunking exercise' GUARDIAN

She was born in Sudan and grew up in Kenya, Egypt and Saudi. Available in used condition with free delivery in the UK. Nesrine Malik is a British Sudanese columnist and features writer for the GUARDIAN. Most of all though, we need this book' Elizabeth Day Buy We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent By Nesrine Malik. Her book, We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent, is a searing and unapologetic. 'Nesrine Malik writes with urgent eloquence about the world we live in, applying her brilliant mind to some of the most important debates of our age. She was born in Sudan and grew up in Kenya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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