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How Long 'til Black Future Month?

Stories

N. K. Jemisin

Ages 14+

Readers rate it 4.2 (138 on Hardcover)

388 pages · Released Nov 27, 2018

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This is a sophisticated short story collection by an award-winning author intended for adult readers, though some stories may appeal to mature teens. The collection deals with serious themes including racism, trauma, loss, and systemic injustice, alongside speculative worldbuilding and magical realism. While individual stories vary widely in intensity, the overall collection requires emotional maturity and contextual understanding to appreciate fully.

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Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories. "Marvelous and wide-rang... Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories. "Marvelous and wide-ranging." -- Los Angeles Times"Gorgeous" -- NPR Books"Breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold." -- Entertainment Weekly Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.

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ISBN 9780316491358 · Orbit