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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

By Arimah, Lesley Nneka

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Essays & Short Stories

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

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A PBS NewsHour/New York Times Book Club Pick A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE WINNER OF THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER OF THE NYPL'S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LEONARD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In “Who Will Greet You at Home,” a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In “Wild,” a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2018-04-03
Publication Date:
2018-04-03
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0735211035
ISBN13:
9780735211032
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
222 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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