How to Love a Jamaican
Alexia Arthurs
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 27-06-2019
£8.99
Set in Jamaica and America, How to Love a Jamaican is about Jamaicans who leave and stay, and the issues they face in the modern world. Zadie Smith, NoViolet Bulawayo and Carmen Maria Machado have praised this vibrant, fresh and lyrical debut, and hailed Alexia Arthurs as an exciting new talent.
SKU: 9781509883622
Categories: Migration, immigration and emigration, Modern and contemporary fiction, Short storiesDescription
‘In this thrilling debut collection Alexia Arthurs is all too easy to love.’ – Zadie SmithTenderness and cruelty, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and regret – these are the tensions at the heart of Alexia Arthurs’ debut book about Jamaican immigrants and their families back home. Some stories ask big questions about the things that define a person, others explode small moments of deep significance and lasting effect. Sweeping from close-knit island communities to the streets of New York City, How to Love a Jamaican offers a portrait of a nation, a people, and a way of life.Vibrant, lyrical and intimate, this collection of eleven short stories shows Alexia Arthurs to be one of the most dynamic and exciting young authors writing today. It includes the story ‘Bad Behavior’, for which she won the Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize.
Additional information
Weight | 0.186 kg |
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Dimensions | 19 × 130 × 196 mm |
Page Count | 256 |
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