Description
| Product ID: | 9781529059458 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Office of Historical Corrections |
| Subtitle: | A Novella and Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Danielle Evans |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Sharp and funny, brilliant and prescient: a new collection of short stories that offer a dazzling insight into the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history. <p><b>‘Brilliant . . . These stories are sly and prescient, a nuanced reflection of the world we are living in.’ – Roxane Gay</b><br><br><b>‘Evans is blessed with perfect pitch.’ – Tayari Jones</b><br><br><b>‘Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging . . . an extraordinary new collection.’ </b><br><b><i>New Yorker</i></b><br><br>Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and X-ray insights into complex human relationships. With <i>The Office of Historical Corrections</i>, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters’ lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history.<br><br>We meet Black and multi-racial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief – all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history – about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight.<br><br>In ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a Confederate-flag bikini goes viral. In ‘Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain’ a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend’s unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a Black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-01-20 |
