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The Awkward Black Man (Hardcover)
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The Awkward Black Man (Hardcover)
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List price R630
Loot Price R515
Discovery Miles 5 150
You Save R115 (18%)
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Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of
narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping
writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of
Mosley's most accomplished short stories to showcase the full range
of his remarkable talent. Mosley presents distinct characters as
they struggle to move through the world in each of these
stories?heroes who are awkward, nerdy, self-defeating,
self-involved, and, on the whole, odd. He overturns the stereotypes
that corral black male characters and paints a subtle, powerful
portrait of each of these unique individuals. In "The Good News
Is," a man's insecurity about his weight gives way to a serious
illness and the intense loneliness that accompanies it. Deeply
vulnerable, he allows himself to be taken advantage of in return
for a little human comfort in a raw display of true need. "Pet
Fly," previously published in the New Yorker, follows a man working
as a mailroom clerk for a big company?a solitary job for which he
is overqualified?and the unforeseen repercussions he endures when
he attempts to forge a connection beyond the one he has with the
fly buzzing around his apartment. And "Almost Alyce" chronicles
failed loves, family loss, alcoholism, and a Zen approach to the
art of begging that proves surprisingly effective. Touching and
contemplative, each of these unexpected stories offers the best of
one of our most gifted writers.
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