Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for Best First Book, A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America. From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women contend with every day in this country. These stories tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explore the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In “The Finkelstein Five,” Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unforgettable reckoning of the brutal prejudice of our justice system. In “Zimmer Land,” we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. And “Friday Black” and “How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King” show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all. Entirely fresh in its style and perspective, and sure to appeal to fans of Colson Whitehead, Marlon James, and George Saunders, Friday Black confronts readers with a complicated, insistent, wrenching chorus of emotions, the final note of which, remarkably, is hope.
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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Autor best-seller do New York Times de Friday Black. Originalmente de Spring Valley, Nova York, ele se formou em SUNY Albany e recebeu seu MFA da Syracuse University. Seu trabalho apareceu ou está sendo publicado em inúmeras publicações, incluindo o New York Times Book Review, a revista Esquire, o Literary Hub, a Paris Review, a Guernica e a Longreads. Ele foi selecionado por Colson Whitehead como um dos homenageados "5 Under 35" da Fundação Nacional do Livro, é o vencedor do Prêmio Livro PEN / Jean Stein, e um finalista do Prêmio John Leonard do National Book Critics Circle de Melhor Primeiro Livro e Prêmio Literário Aspen Words.
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