Friday Black

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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Friday Black (2019, Quercus)

208 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 9 de Febrero de 2019 por Quercus.

ISBN:
978-1-78747-600-4
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Friday Black is the 2018 debut book by author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. The collection of short stories explores themes surrounding black identity as it relates to a range of contemporary social issues. The stories are set in a variety of twisted near-future and dystopian settings. The book received an overall positive reception, including the naming of Adjei-Brenyah as one of the "5 Under 35 Authors" for 2018 by the National Book Foundation.

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Enjoyed having read it, even if I didn't always enjoy reading it

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Some of the stories had a level of brutality that made me far more uncomfortable than the subject matter itself. At times it felt like it was shock value for the sake of it. My personal taste is having vulnerability and humanity be the force that shatters my heart, though it's good to be reminded of another facet of experience. Having finished, there are some parts of the stories that sank in deep and will stay with me. It is not a collection I will return to, nor would I heartily recommend it to the void, yet I am happy that I've read it.

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Temas

  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
  • African americans, fiction