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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories

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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories

A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE

FINALIST FOR THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE

A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home.Â

In â€œWho Will Greet You at Home,â€ a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In â€œWild,â€ a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions.Â

Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human,Â What It Means When a Man Falls from the SkyÂ heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.
Country USA
Brand Riverhead Books
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-04-04
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook

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