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(3.63) | Ingen | "Following her prize-winning collection Break Any Woman Down, Dana Johnson returns with a collection of bold stories set mostly in downtown Los Angeles that examine large issues -love, class, race - and how they influence and define our most intimate moments. In "The Liberace Museum," a mixed-race couple leave the South toward the destination of Vegas, crossing miles of road and history to the promised land of consumption; in "Rogues," a young man on break from college lands in his brother's Inland Empire neighborhood during a rash of unexplained robberies; in "She Deserves Everything She Gets," a woman listens to the strict advice given to her spoiled niece about going away to college, reflecting on her own experience and the night she lost her best friend; and in the collection's title story, a man setting down roots in downtown L.A. is haunted by the specter of both gentrification and a young female tourist, whose body was found in the water tower of a neighboring building. With deep insight into character, intimate relationships, and the modern search for personal freedom, In the Not Quite Dark is powerful new work that feels both urgent and timeless. "--… (mere) |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. J.J.'s brother, Kenny, was always saying something that J.J. tried not to agree with. A proclamation would come out of Kenny's mouth, and J.J. would say, "That's not true," and then while the word true hung there between them. J.J/ would realize he did agree with his brother and hated himself for it. This time Kenny said, "There's too many niggas moving into the neighborhood. It's time to go." J.J. let that idea swirl around in his head, let it touch down and rise against like the funnel cloud of a tornado, and then began to explain, again, why it was uncool for a man of color to complain about too many black people in the neighborhood. -Rogues ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif) | |
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Ingen ▾Bogbeskrivelser "Following her prize-winning collection Break Any Woman Down, Dana Johnson returns with a collection of bold stories set mostly in downtown Los Angeles that examine large issues -love, class, race - and how they influence and define our most intimate moments. In "The Liberace Museum," a mixed-race couple leave the South toward the destination of Vegas, crossing miles of road and history to the promised land of consumption; in "Rogues," a young man on break from college lands in his brother's Inland Empire neighborhood during a rash of unexplained robberies; in "She Deserves Everything She Gets," a woman listens to the strict advice given to her spoiled niece about going away to college, reflecting on her own experience and the night she lost her best friend; and in the collection's title story, a man setting down roots in downtown L.A. is haunted by the specter of both gentrification and a young female tourist, whose body was found in the water tower of a neighboring building. With deep insight into character, intimate relationships, and the modern search for personal freedom, In the Not Quite Dark is powerful new work that feels both urgent and timeless. "-- ▾Biblioteksbeskrivelser af bogens indhold Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. ▾LibraryThingmedlemmers beskrivelse af bogens indhold
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