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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 073521669X
- Book Title
- Five-Carat Soul
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- African American / General, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017 "A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best." --New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird , winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong , and Kill 'Em and Leave , a James Brown biography. The stories in Five-Carat Soul --none of them ever published before--spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They're funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic--all told with McBride'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. As McBride did in his National Book award-winning The Good Lord Bird and 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 don't fully comprehend. The result is a surprising, perceptive, and evocative collection of stories that is also a moving exploration of our human condition.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
073521669x
ISBN-13
9780735216693
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038848700
Product Key Features
Book Title
Five-Carat Soul
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
African American / General, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3613.C28a6 2017
Reviews
Praise for Five-Carat Soul : "These brilliant miniatures display all of the rambunctious fearlessness of [McBride's] deeply empathetic imagination... Five-Carat Soul [is] a delight." -- The New York Times Book Review "Brash, daring and defiantly original... [these] stories are bound to stay with readers for a very long time." -- NPR "A furious joy drives these glimpses of brave lives in perilous places." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Serious fun." -- Newsday "McBride is such an agile writer that each voice feels authentic and somehow familiar. ...These are stories of and from the soul." -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Unpredictable, exhilarating, and, often, hilarious. ... a wild and utterly delightful ride." --BuzzFeed "Poignant, imaginative, and 'literary' in the best sense of the word." -- Christian Science Monitor "Funny, strange and touching. ... McBride proves once again that he is a master conjurer of African Americana." -- Seattle Times "McBride delivers pure gold... Five-Carat Soul shakes with laughter, grips with passion and oozes wisdom." -- Shelf Awareness (starred review), "A vivid, often funny story collection that examines serious topics like race, war, history, and self-identity--all with a deft hand and a fluid, musical voice." -- Entertainment Weekly "Humming with invention and energy, the stories collected in McBride's first fiction book since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird again affirm his storytelling gifts... McBride adopts a variety of dictions without losing his own distinctly supple, musical voice; as identities shift, 'truths' are challenged, and justice is done or, more often, subverted." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "McBride's authentic characters and stories capture with humor and poignant insight the messiness of our internal (and external) lives and the world around us." -- Buzzfeed "Stellar... McBride's short stories joyfully abound with indelible characters whose personal philosophies are far wiser than their circumstances allow... [He] brings the snappy satire that endeared him to fans of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the courage and pathos that shone in The Miracle at St. Anna ." -- Booklist (starred review) "An exceptional group of stories... There's a good amount of humor here, but most of these pieces are deeply emotional. This is McBride at his A-list best." -- Library Journal (starred review) "McBride exhibits his formidable storytelling chops in an array of voices and settings... The charm emitted by these whimsical-yet-acerbic tales seems to come from a hypothetical late-19th-century collaboration of Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. McBride emerges here as a master of what some might call 'wisdom fiction,' common to both The Twilight Zone and Bernard Malamud, offering instruction and moral edification to his readers without providing an Aesop-like moral." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for James McBride: "A modern-day Mark Twain." -- The New York Times Book Review "McBride . . . transcends history and makes it come alive." -- Chicago Tribune, "Humming with invention and energy, the stories collected in McBride's first fiction book since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird again affirm his storytelling gifts... McBride adopts a variety of dictions without losing his own distinctly supple, musical voice; as identities shift, 'truths' are challenged, and justice is done or, more often, subverted." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "McBride's authentic characters and stories capture with humor and poignant insight the messiness of our internal (and external) lives and the world around us." -- Buzzfeed "Stellar... McBride's short stories joyfully abound with indelible characters whose personal philosophies are far wiser than their circumstances allow... [He] brings the snappy satire that endeared him to fans of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the courage and pathos that shone in The Miracle at St. Anna ." -- Booklist (starred review) "An exceptional group of stories... There's a good amount of humor here, but most of these pieces are deeply emotional. This is McBride at his A-list best." -- Library Journal (starred review) "McBride exhibits his formidable storytelling chops in an array of voices and settings... The charm emitted by these whimsical-yet-acerbic tales seems to come from a hypothetical late-19th-century collaboration of Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. McBride emerges here as a master of what some might call 'wisdom fiction,' common to both The Twilight Zone and Bernard Malamud, offering instruction and moral edification to his readers without providing an Aesop-like moral." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for James McBride: "A modern-day Mark Twain." -- The New York Times Book Review "McBride . . . transcends history and makes it come alive." -- Chicago Tribune, Praise for Five-Carat Soul : "Stellar... McBride's short stories joyfully abound with indelible characters whose personal philosophies are far wiser than their circumstances allow... [He] brings the snappy satire that endeared him to fans of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the courage and pathos that shone in The Miracle at St. Anna ." -- Booklist (starred review) "McBride exhibits his formidable storytelling chops in an array of voices and settings... The charm emitted by these whimsical-yet-acerbic tales seems to come from a hypothetical late-19th-century collaboration of Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. McBride emerges here as a master of what some might call 'wisdom fiction,' common to both The Twilight Zone and Bernard Malamud, offering instruction and moral edification to his readers without providing an Aesop-like moral." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for James McBride: "A modern-day Mark Twain." -- The New York Times Book Review "McBride . . . transcends history and makes it come alive." -- Chicago Tribune, "Humming with invention and energy, the stories collected in McBride's first fiction book since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird again affirm his storytelling gifts... McBride adopts a variety of dictions without losing his own distinctly supple, musical voice; as identities shift, 'truths' are challenged, and justice is done or, more often, subverted." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Stellar... McBride's short stories joyfully abound with indelible characters whose personal philosophies are far wiser than their circumstances allow... [He] brings the snappy satire that endeared him to fans of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the courage and pathos that shone in The Miracle at St. Anna ." -- Booklist (starred review) "McBride exhibits his formidable storytelling chops in an array of voices and settings... The charm emitted by these whimsical-yet-acerbic tales seems to come from a hypothetical late-19th-century collaboration of Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. McBride emerges here as a master of what some might call 'wisdom fiction,' common to both The Twilight Zone and Bernard Malamud, offering instruction and moral edification to his readers without providing an Aesop-like moral." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for James McBride: "A modern-day Mark Twain." -- The New York Times Book Review "McBride . . . transcends history and makes it come alive." -- Chicago Tribune, "A vivid, often funny story collection that examines serious topics like race, war, history, and self-identity--all with a deft hand and a fluid, musical voice." -- Entertainment Weekly "Humming with invention and energy, the stories collected in McBride's first fiction book since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird again affirm his storytelling gifts... McBride adopts a variety of dictions without losing his own distinctly supple, musical voice; as identities shift, 'truths' are challenged, and justice is done or, more often, subverted." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "If there's a mode in which McBride can't write brilliantly, he has yet to prove it." -- Vulture "Each told with McBride's trademark insight, eye for character, and masterful story-telling ability, these pieces are sure to knock you out." -- Bustle "McBride's authentic characters and stories capture with humor and poignant insight the messiness of our internal (and external) lives and the world around us." -- Buzzfeed "Stellar... McBride's short stories joyfully abound with indelible characters whose personal philosophies are far wiser than their circumstances allow... [He] brings the snappy satire that endeared him to fans of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the courage and pathos that shone in The Miracle at St. Anna ." -- Booklist (starred review) "An exceptional group of stories... There's a good amount of humor here, but most of these pieces are deeply emotional. This is McBride at his A-list best." -- Library Journal (starred review) "McBride exhibits his formidable storytelling chops in an array of voices and settings... The charm emitted by these whimsical-yet-acerbic tales seems to come from a hypothetical late-19th-century collaboration of Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. McBride emerges here as a master of what some might call 'wisdom fiction,' common to both The Twilight Zone and Bernard Malamud, offering instruction and moral edification to his readers without providing an Aesop-like moral." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for James McBride: "A modern-day Mark Twain." -- The New York Times Book Review "McBride . . . transcends history and makes it come alive." -- Chicago Tribune, Praise for James McBride: "A modern-day Mark Twain." -- The New York Times Book Review "McBride . . . transcends history and makes it come alive." -- Chicago Tribune
Copyright Date
2017
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2017-007480
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