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ISBN
9780735211025
Book Title
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky : Stories
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Item Length
8.3 in
Publication Year
2017
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), Magical Realism, Family Life, Literary
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Width
5.3 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0735211027
ISBN-13
9780735211025
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234536718

Product Key Features

Book Title
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky : Stories
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), Magical Realism, Family Life, Literary
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction
Author
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-036303
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky : " What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky is a striking collection that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand at attention and your heart gasp in admiration. Arimah's stories are intense, mesmeric, and nothing short of stunning." -- Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Battleborn and Gold Fame Citrus   "In these gorgeous stories, Arimah dreams a world.  These tales cut like razors, charm like poetry, and heal like love.  International in scope, but deeply personal, What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky marks the arrival of a stunning new voice." -- Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow, "A remarkable new talent." --Buzzfeed "I rarely find fiction so captivating, short stories so beyond impressive." -- Jezebel "Imaginative and mesmerizing ...the women in this collection exist in an unpredictable, often dangerous world, one that is both markedly different from, yet startlingly similar to our own." -- Bustle   "Seamlessly blends magical realism and a kind of sci-fi, resulting in a one-of-a-kind...Brilliant." -- The Millions "[Arimah] turned some folks' worlds upside down...I can't wait to devour this." -- Black Nerd Problems "Ever since reading Arimah's unsettling New Yorker fiction story, in which a woman longing for a child decides to make one out of hair, I've been eagerly awaiting more of her work. Happily, this collection is finally here, and includes that incredible story and many others that are its equals." -Nylon  "Arimah has skill in abundance: the stories here are solid and impeccably crafted and strike at the heart of the most complicated of human relationships. Against a backdrop of grief for dead parents or angst over a lover, Arimah uses Nigeria as her muse...join[ing] everything from fabulism to folk tale...while also managing to create a wholly cohesive and original collection. Heralds a new voice with certain staying power." -- Kirkus (starred) "With her luminous debut collection, Lesley Nneka Arimah marks her richly deserved place in contemporary fiction. At the center of each impeccably written story, Arimah offers up a new kind of yearning--for love, for peace, for comfort, for home. Never have needful things been so gorgeously displayed."  --Roxane Gay, author of  Bad Feminist  and  Difficult Women "How does she make these stories so distilled and spacious at the same time? They are drained of excess but still expand so fearlessly. A remarkable debut, from a writer I'm sure we'll be reading for years to come." - Aimee Bender, author of The Color Master and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake "A striking collection that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand at attention and your heart gasp in admiration. Arimah's stories are intense, mesmeric, and nothing short of stunning." -- Claire Vaye Watkins, author of  Battleborn  and  Gold Fame Citrus "Without question, one of the finest story collections I've read in years. Arimah excels at capturing the kinetic ache of dislocation, of dwelling in the mysterious territory that divides places and selves and generations. Wondrous." --Laura van den Berg, author of Find Me and The Isle of Youth "In these gorgeous stories, Arimah dreams a world.  These tales cut like razors, charm like poetry, and heal like love.  International in scope, but deeply personal, What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky marks the arrival of a stunning new voice." -- Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow " What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky  is an exciting and audacious collection. At turns otherworldly and heartbreakingly familiar, these stories represent all that we could ever want from short fiction. The humor is wicked and the heart big, beautiful, and full of want."  --Diane Cook, author of  Man V. Nature, "Inventive and wildly playful." -- The Boston Globe "A remarkable new talent." --Buzzfeed "I rarely find fiction so captivating, short stories so beyond impressive." -- Jezebel "Imaginative and mesmerizing ...the women in this collection exist in an unpredictable, often dangerous world, one that is both markedly different from, yet startlingly similar to our own." -- Bustle   "Seamlessly blends magical realism and a kind of sci-fi, resulting in a one-of-a-kind...Brilliant." -- The Millions "[Arimah] turned some folks'' worlds upside down...I can''t wait to devour this." -- Black Nerd Problems "Ever since reading Arimah''s unsettling New Yorker fiction story, in which a woman longing for a child decides to make one out of hair, I''ve been eagerly awaiting more of her work. Happily, this collection is finally here, and includes that incredible story and many others that are its equals." -Nylon  "Sharp and surprising, fantastic and dark, human and heartbreaking...a must-add to your short fiction list ...I loved every minute of reading this book." -Julie Wernersbach, Director of the Texas Book Festival "Arimah has skill in abundance: the stories here are solid and impeccably crafted and strike at the heart of the most complicated of human relationships. Against a backdrop of grief for dead parents or angst over a lover, Arimah uses Nigeria as her muse...join[ing] everything from fabulism to folk tale...while also managing to create a wholly cohesive and original collection. Heralds a new voice with certain staying power." -- Kirkus (starred) "With her luminous debut collection, Lesley Nneka Arimah marks her richly deserved place in contemporary fiction. At the center of each impeccably written story, Arimah offers up a new kind of yearning--for love, for peace, for comfort, for home. Never have needful things been so gorgeously displayed."  --Roxane Gay, author of  Bad Feminist  and  Difficult Women "How does she make these stories so distilled and spacious at the same time? They are drained of excess but still expand so fearlessly. A remarkable debut, from a writer I''m sure we''ll be reading for years to come." - Aimee Bender, author of The Color Master and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake "A striking collection that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand at attention and your heart gasp in admiration. Arimah''s stories are intense, mesmeric, and nothing short of stunning." -- Claire Vaye Watkins, author of  Battleborn  and  Gold Fame Citrus "Without question, one of the finest story collections I''ve read in years. Arimah excels at capturing the kinetic ache of dislocation, of dwelling in the mysterious territory that divides places and selves and generations. Wondrous." --Laura van den Berg, author of Find Me and The Isle of Youth "In these gorgeous stories, Arimah dreams a world.  These tales cut like razors, charm like poetry, and heal like love.  International in scope, but deeply personal, What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky marks the arrival of a stunning new voice." -- Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow " What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky  is an exciting and audacious collection. At turns otherworldly and heartbreakingly familiar, these stories represent all that we could ever want from short fiction. The humor is wicked and the heart big, beautiful, and full of want."  --Diane Cook, author of  Man V. Nature "Lesley Nneka Arimah''s debut will be making a hell of a lot of noise. Writing this good just can''t stay quiet.  What It Means When a Man Fall from the Sky  is your introduction to one of the best and brightest new writers around."  - Victor LaValle, author of Big Machine and The Changeling
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Synopsis
A PBS NewsHour/ New York Times Book Club Pick A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE WINNER OF THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER OF THE NYPL'S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LEONARD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY 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. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker , A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," 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. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.
LC Classification Number
PS3601.R542A6 2017

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