Friday Black: NYT Bestselling Literary Satire – Urgent African American Stories About Systemic Racism

Friday Black: NYT Bestselling Literary Satire – Urgent African American Stories About Systemic Racism

<DIV><P><B>INSTANT <I>NEW YORK TIMES </I>BESTSELLER</B><BR /><BR /><B>“An unbelievable debut, one that announces a new and necessary American voice.” </B>—<B>Tommy Orange, <I>New York Times Book Review</I></B><BR /><BR /><B>“An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny.”</B> —<B>George Saunders</B><BR /><BR /><B>“Dark and captivating and essential . . . A call to arms and a condemnation . . . Read this book.” </B>—<B>Roxane Gay</B><BR /><BR /><B>A National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree, chosen by Colson Whitehead<BR /> Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award<BR /> Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for Best First Book</B><BR /><BR /><B>A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America.</B><BR /><BR /> From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women contend with every day in this country.<BR /><BR /> These stories tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explore the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In “The Finkelstein Five,” Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unforgettable reckoning of the brutal prejudice of our justice system. In “Zimmer Land,” we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. And “Friday Black” and “How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King” show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all.<BR /><BR /> Entirely fresh in its style and perspective, and sure to appeal to fans of Colson Whitehead, Marlon James, and George Saunders, <I>Friday Black</I> confronts readers with a complicated, insistent, wrenching chorus of emotions, the final note of which, remarkably, is hope.</P></DIV>