What It Means When a Man Fallsfrom the Sky
Released 2019 · Thorndike Press Large Print
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This is a literary short story collection for adult readers that addresses mature themes including war, family trauma, body horror, and social inequality. While not graphically violent, the stories contain psychological and emotional weight dealing with loss, desperation, and systemic hardship. The prose is sophisticated and the themes require emotional and intellectual maturity to process.
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A New York Times Book Club PickA National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" HonoreeWinner Of The 2017 Kirkus PrizeWinner Of The NYPL's Young Lions Fiction AwardFinalist For The National Book Critics Circle Leonard PrizeShortlisted For The Aspen Words Literary PrizeThis prize-winning collection heralds the arrival of a prodi... A New York Times Book Club PickA National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" HonoreeWinner Of The 2017 Kirkus PrizeWinner Of The NYPL's Young Lions Fiction AwardFinalist For The National Book Critics Circle Leonard PrizeShortlisted For The Aspen Words Literary PrizeThis prize-winning collection heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent, a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her cousin onto uneasy common ground. War haunts three generations of women in "The Future Looks Good," while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower his daughter. And in the title story, experts in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class discover how to "fix the equation of a person" -- with unforeseen repercussions.
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ISBN 9781432860486 · Thorndike Press Large Print