Located on the big questions, they are full of heart George Saunders Vivid, fast, funny, way-smart, and verbally inventive, these stories by the vastly talented Thompson-Spires create a compelling surface tension made of equal parts scepticism towards human nature and intense fondness of it. *Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2019* Read more *Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2019* This electric collection of short stories marks the arrival of a remarkable writer and an urgent new voice. And across a series of stories, a young woman grows up, negotiating and renegotiating her identity. Heads of the Colored People interrogates our supposedly post-racial era to wicked and devastating effect, exposing the violence that threatens black Americans, no matter their apparent success.Ī teenager is insidiously bullied as her YouTube following soars an assistant professor finds himself losing a subtle war against his office mate a nurse is worn down by the demand for her skills as a funeral singer. Her stories feel simultaneously like the poke of a stick and a comforting balm a smack followed by a kiss. A satirical and daring collection of short stories exploring black life from one of America's rising starsĪ satirical and daring collection of short stories exploring black life from one of America's rising stars.
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