My Year Abroad Traces an Ordinary Manâs Journey to a Weird Hell and Back Chang-rae Lee will discuss his novel Friday at a virtual event hosted by Parnassus Books Tweet
In Chang-rae Leeâs sixth novel,
My Year Abroad, we meet the 20-year-old narrator Tiller Bardmon in the aftermath of some undisclosed overseas trauma, âfreshly adrift ⦠smashed to raw bits by circumstances too peculiar to recount.â But recount them he does, in a nearly 500-page thrill ride of a story, with uneasy straightaways and slow climbs building to zero-gravity plunges and gut-jolting inverted twists.Â
The calmer sections describe Tillerâs current life in a drab New Jersey town. Heâs shacked up with a sexy 30-something named Val (whoâs in witness protection thanks to her Uzbek gangster ex) and playing unofficial stepdad to Valâs 8-year-old son Victor Jr., aka âVeeJ.â In the opening pages, Tiller drops hints about the mind-altering expe
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Special spring Talking Volumes series to focus on race Four writers of color will discuss their work in the context of race in America. February 12, 2021 9:46am Text size Copy shortlink:
A special spring edition of the Talking Volumes literary series, devoted to the topic of race in America, will take place on consecutive Tuesdays in March.
Co-sponsored by the Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio, the conversations with four authors will be hosted by MPR journalists Kerri Miller and Brandt Williams and will take place virtually via a webinar that allows viewers to join a post-interview discussion led by Star Tribune writers.
Here Are the 14 New Books You Should Read in February Time 2/2/2021 © Provided by Time
The best new books arriving in February offer something for everyone. Memoirs from Rebecca Carroll and Randa Jarrar explore questions of identity and belonging. New fiction from Brandon Hobson and Chang-rae Lee follow characters as they navigate how the past has impacted their present. And Henry Louis Gates, Jr. weaves together over 400 years of history in his sweeping account of the Black church in America. These books are accompanied by dazzling short story collections, heartbreaking debuts and more. Here, learn more about the 14 new books you should read in February.
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