Five-Carat Soul

ISBN-13: 9780735216709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str.

James McBride

Opis

An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by General Robert E. Lee sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves facing 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.

Recenzje

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)

O autorze

James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award winning The Good Lord Bird, the bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sung, Miracle at St. Anna, and Deacon King Kong. He is also the author of Kill Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2016, McBride is also a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.