Friday Black

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<p><b>The instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller</b><br>'<b>An unbelievable debut' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><b><br>Racism, </b>but "managed" through virtual reality <br><br><b>Black Friday, </b>except you die in a bargain-crazed throng <br><br><b>Happiness, </b>but pharmacological <br><br><b>Love, </b>despite everything<br><br><b>A </b><b><i>Publisher's Weekly</i> Most </b><b>Anticipated</b><b> Book for Fall 2018 </b><br><br><i>Friday Black</i> tackles urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explores the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In the first, unforgettable story of this collection, <i>The Finkelstein Five, </i>Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unstinting reckoning of the brutal prejudice of the US justice system. In <i>Zimmer Land w</i>e see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. And <i>Friday Black </i>and <i>How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King </i>show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all.<br><br>Fresh, exciting, vital and contemporary, <i>Friday Black</i> will appeal to people who love Colson Whitehead's <i>Underground Railroad</i>, the TV show <i>Black Mirror, </i>the work of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, and anyone looking for stories that speak to the world we live in now.<br><br><b>'An excitement and a wonder' </b>George Saunders<br><br><b>'The writing in this outstanding collection will make you hurt and demand your hope' </b>Roxane Gay<br><br>'<b>The fiction debut of the year. Bravo young man. We await your encore' </b>Mary Karr</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781787476004

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

126 x 196 x 17 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Quercus Publishing Plc