â€œA vivid, often funny story collection that examines serious topics like race, war, history, and self-identityâ€”all with a deft hand and a fluid, musical voice.â€

Five-Carat Soul

â€œA vivid, often funny story collection that examines serious topics like race, war, history, and self-identityâ€”all with a deft hand and a fluid, musical voice.â€ â€”Entertainment Weekly

Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Awardâ€“winning novelÂ The Good Lord Bird.
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The stories in Five-Carat Soulâ€”none of them ever published beforeâ€”spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. Theyâ€™re funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authenticâ€”all told with McBrideâ€™s unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown together and face unexpected judgment. An American president draws inspiration from a conversation he overhears in a stable. And members of The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band recount stories from their own messy and hilarious lives.Â
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As McBride did in his National Book award-winning The Good Lord BirdÂ andÂ his bestselling The Color of Water, he writes with humor and insight about how we struggle to understand who we are in a world we donâ€™t fully comprehend. The result is a surprising, perceptive, and evocative collection of stories that is also a moving exploration of our human condition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-09-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-09-26
Format	Kindle eBook

Five-Carat Soul

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