The World Doesn't Require You: Stories - Couverture souple

Scott, Rion Amilcar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 163149788X ISBN 13 : 9781631497889

Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020

Synopsis

Set in the mythical Cross River, Maryland, The World Doesn't Require You heralds "a major unique literary talent" (Entertainment Weekly). Established by the leaders of America's only successful slave revolt in the mid-nineteenth century, the town still evokes the rhythms of its founding. With lyrical prose and singular dialect, Rion Amilcar Scott pens a saga that echoes the fables carried down for generations--like the screecher birds who swoop down for their periodic sacrifice, and the water women who lure men to wet death.

Among its residents--wildly spanning decades, perspectives, and species--are David Sherman, a struggling musician who just happens to be God's last son; Tyrone, a ruthless, yet charismatic Ph.D. candidate, whose dissertation about a childhood game ignites mayhem in the neighboring, once-segregated town of Port Yooga; and Jim, an all-too-obedient robot who obeys his Master. Culminating with an explosive novella, The World Doesn't Require You is a "leap into a blazing new level of brilliance" (Lauren Groff) that affirms Rion Amilcar Scott as a writer whose storytelling gifts the world very much requires.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rion Amilcar Scott's first book, Insurrections, won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. His work has been published in the Kenyon Review, the Rumpus, PANK, and Confrontation, among others. He lives and writes in Maryland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 163149788X
• ISBN 13: 9781631497889
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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