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Tayari Jones - American Marriage, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

American Marriage

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION, 2019

Av Tayari Jones

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* Tayari Jones's brand new novel, KIN, is available to pre-order now! Out March 2026 *One of the New York Times's '100 Best Books of the 21st Century''A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' Barack ObamaNewlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Until one day they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Devastated and unmoored, Celestial finds herself struggling to hold on to the love that has been her centre, taking comfort in Andre, their closest friend. When Roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, he returns home ready to resume their life together. A masterpiece of storytelling, An American Marriage offers a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three unforgettable characters who are at once bound together and separated by forces beyond their control.A Book of the Year according the i, Guardian, Sunday Times, Sunday MailLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-03-07
  • Mått: 128 x 198 x 23 mm
  • Vikt: 300 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 336
  • Förlag: Oneworld Publications
  • ISBN: 9781786075192
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 (UK)
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Tayari Jones is the internationally bestselling author of four novels, most recently An American Marriage, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019. Jones is the recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, NEA Fellowship and a Radcliffe Institute Bunting Fellowship. She is also a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Born in Atlanta, Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, University of Iowa, and Arizona State University. She is currently professor of Creative Writing at Emory University and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.

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