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How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs (Hardcover, 2018)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781509883592
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- How to Love a Jamaican
- Item Height
- 225 mm
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Subject
- Transportation
- Item Weight
- 384 g
- Item Width
- 143 mm
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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In these kaleidoscopic stories of Jamaica and its diaspora we hear many voices at once: some cultivated, some simple, some wickedly funny, some deeply melancholic. All of them shine. Zadie Smith There is a way to be cruel that seems Jamaican to me.' Tenderness and cruelty, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and regret - Alexia Arthurs navigates these tensions to extraordinary effect in her debut collection of short stories, How to Love a Jamaican, about Jamaican immigrants and their families back home. Sweeping from close-knit island communities to the streets of New York City and Midwestern university towns, these eleven stories form a portrait of a nation, a people, and a way of life. In 'Light Skinned Girls and Kelly Rowlands', an NYU student befriends a fellow Jamaican whose privileged West Coast upbringing has blinded her to the hard realities of race. In 'Mash Up Love', a twin's chance sighting of his estranged brother - the prodigal son of the family - stirs up unresolved feelings of resentment. In 'Bad Behavior', a mother and father leave their wild teenage daughter with her grandmother in Jamaica, hoping the old ways will straighten her out. In 'Mermaid River', a Jamaican teenage boy is reunited with his mother in New York after eight years apart. In 'The Ghost of Jia Yi', a recently murdered international student haunts a despairing Jamaican athlete recruited to an Iowa college. And in 'Shirley from a Small Place', a world-famous pop star retreats to her mother's big new house in Jamaica, which still holds the power to restore something vital. The winner of the Paris Review's Plimpton Prize for 'Bad Behavior', Alexia Arthurs emerges in this vibrant, lyrical, intimate collection as one of fiction's most dynamic and essential young authors. PRAISE FOR HOW TO LOVE A JAMAICAN This dazzling debut marks the emergence of a knockout new voice. O: The Oprah Magazine In vibrant, evocative prose, Arthurs brings these characters, and their varied experiences of a shared home, to life. BuzzFeed Arthurs's collection of short stories tackles the immigrant experience, exploring it through the prism of family. One particular story that's sure to attract buzz: 'Shirley from a Small Place,' in which a world-famous pop star-based on Rihanna-retreats to her mother's new house in her birthplace of Jamaica. Entertainment Weekly Arthurs's debut is vivid and exciting, and every story rings beautifully true. Marie Claire The stories hum with tension and nuance, creating characters desperate to be understood but wary of being defined simply by their race or origins. Associated Press
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781509883592
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4046632557
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
How to Love a Jamaican
Language
English
Subject
Transportation
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
225 mm
Item Weight
384 g
Item Width
143 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Topic
Short Stories, Books
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- r***e (2807)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis book arrived in much better than "good" condition as described in the listing: I'd say "new and unread"! Excellent value, postage included in the price. Professionally packaged in recyclable cardboard and brown paper, very promptly dispatched and delivered via Royal Mail Tracked: 2 days purchase-to-delivery, so thanks for using Royal Mail ~ I always recommend them. Am very pleased with my purchase and happy to recommend this seller. Buy with confidence! Many thanks and best wishes, CJ.
- u***7 (45)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseSpeedyHen are a really classy eBay seller in my opinion. Have bought from them before with no issues. Always good on delivery and packaging. One of two items purchased this time had an issue (likely from the factory) and SpeedyHen were very quick to resolve and communication was always excellent. Will always buy from these guys when the right item comes up. A firm favourite.
- m***o (1145)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAs described in New condition.Good price comparison with other sellers.Item was well packed in cardboard box,and delivery within two days.Used Speady Hen before and would recommend this seller.