How Are You Going to Save Yourself
Autor JM Holmesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 aug 2019
Bound
together
by
shared
experience
but
pulled
apart
by
their
changing
fortunes,
four
young
friends
coming
of
age
in
the
postindustrial
enclave
of
Pawtucket,
Rhode
Island,
struggle
to
liberate
themselves
from
the
legacies
left
to
them
as
black
men
in
America.
With
potent
immediacy
and
bracing
candor,
this
provocative
debut
follows
a
decade
in
the
lives
of
Dub,
Rolls,
Rye,
and
Gio
as
they
each
grapple
with
the
complexity
of
their
family
histories,
the
newfound
power
of
sex
and
drugs,
and
the
ferocity
of
their
desires.
Gio proves himself an unforgettable narrator, beautifully flawed and unstintingly honest, as he recounts both the friends' conflicts and their triumphs. Whether it's a fraught family cookout, a charged altercation on the block, a raucous night in high-society Manhattan gone wrong, or the troubled efforts of a drug hustler to go clean, JM Holmes brings the thump and the heat of his scenes to life with the kind of ease that makes us not just eavesdroppers but participants.
How Are You Going to Save Yourselfilluminates in breathtaking detail an entire world-one that has been underrepresented in American fiction. At times funny, often uncomfortable, occasionally disturbing, these stories fearlessly engage with issues of race, sex, drugs, class, and family. Holmes's blistering and timely new voice, richly infused with the unmistakable rhythms of hip-hop that form the sound track to his characters' lives, delivers an indelible fiction that has never been more vital and necessary.
Gio proves himself an unforgettable narrator, beautifully flawed and unstintingly honest, as he recounts both the friends' conflicts and their triumphs. Whether it's a fraught family cookout, a charged altercation on the block, a raucous night in high-society Manhattan gone wrong, or the troubled efforts of a drug hustler to go clean, JM Holmes brings the thump and the heat of his scenes to life with the kind of ease that makes us not just eavesdroppers but participants.
How Are You Going to Save Yourselfilluminates in breathtaking detail an entire world-one that has been underrepresented in American fiction. At times funny, often uncomfortable, occasionally disturbing, these stories fearlessly engage with issues of race, sex, drugs, class, and family. Holmes's blistering and timely new voice, richly infused with the unmistakable rhythms of hip-hop that form the sound track to his characters' lives, delivers an indelible fiction that has never been more vital and necessary.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316514859
ISBN-10: 0316514853
Pagini: 256
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316514853
Pagini: 256
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
JM
Holmes
was
born
in
Denver
and
raised
in
Rhode
Island.
He
won
the
Burnett
Howe
Prize
for
fiction
at
Amherst
College,
and
received
fellowships
to
the
Iowa
Writers'
Workshop
and
the
Napa
Valley
Writers'
Conference.
He
has
worked
in
educational
outreach
in
Iowa,
Massachusetts,
and
Rhode
Island.
He
lives
in
Milwaukee
and
is
currently
at
work
on
a
novel.
Recenzii
"Stunning...Devastating...Inescapably
staggering...Holmes's
literary
musicality
shines...His
lyricism,
his
depth
of
prose,
pops
with
quiet
authority...His
uncanny
ear
is
so
delicately
rendered
that
the
book
not
only
bursts
with
life
during
each
back-and-forth,
but
it
evolves...The
longing
,
the
regret,
the
sheer
sense
of
life
builds
and
builds,
with
Holmes
planting
plot
seeds
that
sprout,
suddenly,
as
enormous
emotional
payoffs...How
Are
You
Going
to
Save
Yourselfmoves
to
these
familiar,
lifelike
beats,
and
achieves
an
electrifying
singularity
in
the
process.
Though
pitched
and
structured
as
a
story
collection,
this
is
a
book
of
novelistic
richness."—David
Canfield,
Entertainment
Weekly
"Holmes directly tackles issues of race, class and sex...this wholly original book is a gripping examination of what it is to be a man in America."—Angela Ledgerwood,Esquire
"Holmes's skilled voice and impressive ear for dialogue make this a refreshing read."—Lovia Gyarkye,New York Times
"A shockingly powerful debut collection from a writer whose talent seems almost limitless...It's hard to overstate what an incredible writer Holmes is...How Are You Going to Save Yourselfis a stunning accomplishment, a debut book that reads like the work of a writer with decades of experience."—Michael Schaub, NPR
"JM Holmes' debut is a biting thing....Expertly crafted and shudderingly raw,How Are You Going to Save Yourselfexplores the intersections of race, class, gender, and desire through powerful voices and messy, unforgettable characters."—Maya Gittelman, Bookreporter
"Explosive...A clever exploration of the fractious nature of a camaraderie and codes of masculinity...By turns funny, surprising, and deeply uncomfortable, the lead story culminates in a moment so brutally honest, so quietly ferocious, it left me dazed...Holmes also deftly addresses family dysfunction and the complexity of mixed-race identities...His eye remains unwaveringly unsentimental...The raucous, heartbreaking, bawdy tales in his debut collection possess an assured lyricism, uncompromising in their interrogation of race, class, drugs, and family...How Are You Going to Save Yourselftreads the line between humor and pathos, offering sharp insights into the black American experience. Holmes has been compared to Junot Diaz and Ta-Nehisi Coates, but he is a distinctive writer in his own right. Spare in style, strikingly urgent, his is a voice to get excited about."—Irenosen Okojie, Guardian
"Buckle up! JM Holmes's debut grabs you with the first sentence and doesn't let go till it drops you gasping after the last period. This collection offers a tough and heartbreaking vision of masculinity, as powerful as it is uncomfortable. But boy is it worth the ride."—Ayana Mathis, New York Times bestselling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
"JM Holmes writes like someone told him Denis Johnson and Mat Johnson were brothers. These stories are as ferocious and fearless as those of his heroes."—James Hannaham, PEN/Faulkner Award winner for Delicious Foods
"JM Holmes isnot just a new voice but a new force: honest, urgent, compelling, oftenhilarious, and more often gut-wrenching. InHow Are You Going to SaveYourself, he writes with remarkable compassion and intelligence aboutcharacters whose own compassion and intelligence sometimes betray them.Comparisons to Junot Díaz and Denis Johnson are perhaps inevitable, but Iimagine they'll prove short-lived; in a few years we'll be comparing writers toJM Holmes."—Rebecca Makkai,author of The Great Believers
"It is a rare gift to us all when a writer's talents and subject command equal attention, but that is just what we have here in JM Holmes's superb debut,How Are You Going to Save Yourself.Written in spare, colloquial, and deeply evocative prose, these linked stories capture the contemporary lives of young men trying to find their way in this world, young men who also happen to be black in a post-industrial, ever-changing cultural landscape. These powerful stories herald the rise of an important and timely new voice among us, and I will now look for anything by JM Holmes."—Andre Dubus III, New York Times bestselling author of House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days
"Holmes's searing study of masculinity is offset by irresistible heart and biting humor."—Entertainment Weekly
"As up-to-the-minute as a Kendrick Lamar track and asruefully steeped in eternal truths as a Gogol tale, these stories mark thedebut of an assured young talent in American storytelling."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"In these linked stories, both harrowing and funny, Holmes clarifies what it's like to be young, black, and male in America...Holmes, who won a fellowship to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is getting a big push."—Library Journal
"A crackling debut...Holmes proves his ability to navigate vulnerability, as well as his fearlessness in tackling tense situations head-on, all of which combines for a collection of superb stories."—Publishers Weekly
"Holmes's writing is fresh, and his dialogue rings true. He doesn't shy away from difficult subject matter or from showing his characters' flaws, which makes for some incredibly tough scenes to read, but also highlights the everyday travails of black men in America. Readers looking for timely, nuanced fiction about race and masculinity should definitely pick this up."—Booklist
"Holmes directly tackles issues of race, class and sex...this wholly original book is a gripping examination of what it is to be a man in America."—Angela Ledgerwood,Esquire
"Holmes's skilled voice and impressive ear for dialogue make this a refreshing read."—Lovia Gyarkye,New York Times
"A shockingly powerful debut collection from a writer whose talent seems almost limitless...It's hard to overstate what an incredible writer Holmes is...How Are You Going to Save Yourselfis a stunning accomplishment, a debut book that reads like the work of a writer with decades of experience."—Michael Schaub, NPR
"JM Holmes' debut is a biting thing....Expertly crafted and shudderingly raw,How Are You Going to Save Yourselfexplores the intersections of race, class, gender, and desire through powerful voices and messy, unforgettable characters."—Maya Gittelman, Bookreporter
"Explosive...A clever exploration of the fractious nature of a camaraderie and codes of masculinity...By turns funny, surprising, and deeply uncomfortable, the lead story culminates in a moment so brutally honest, so quietly ferocious, it left me dazed...Holmes also deftly addresses family dysfunction and the complexity of mixed-race identities...His eye remains unwaveringly unsentimental...The raucous, heartbreaking, bawdy tales in his debut collection possess an assured lyricism, uncompromising in their interrogation of race, class, drugs, and family...How Are You Going to Save Yourselftreads the line between humor and pathos, offering sharp insights into the black American experience. Holmes has been compared to Junot Diaz and Ta-Nehisi Coates, but he is a distinctive writer in his own right. Spare in style, strikingly urgent, his is a voice to get excited about."—Irenosen Okojie, Guardian
"Buckle up! JM Holmes's debut grabs you with the first sentence and doesn't let go till it drops you gasping after the last period. This collection offers a tough and heartbreaking vision of masculinity, as powerful as it is uncomfortable. But boy is it worth the ride."—Ayana Mathis, New York Times bestselling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
"JM Holmes writes like someone told him Denis Johnson and Mat Johnson were brothers. These stories are as ferocious and fearless as those of his heroes."—James Hannaham, PEN/Faulkner Award winner for Delicious Foods
"JM Holmes isnot just a new voice but a new force: honest, urgent, compelling, oftenhilarious, and more often gut-wrenching. InHow Are You Going to SaveYourself, he writes with remarkable compassion and intelligence aboutcharacters whose own compassion and intelligence sometimes betray them.Comparisons to Junot Díaz and Denis Johnson are perhaps inevitable, but Iimagine they'll prove short-lived; in a few years we'll be comparing writers toJM Holmes."—Rebecca Makkai,author of The Great Believers
"It is a rare gift to us all when a writer's talents and subject command equal attention, but that is just what we have here in JM Holmes's superb debut,How Are You Going to Save Yourself.Written in spare, colloquial, and deeply evocative prose, these linked stories capture the contemporary lives of young men trying to find their way in this world, young men who also happen to be black in a post-industrial, ever-changing cultural landscape. These powerful stories herald the rise of an important and timely new voice among us, and I will now look for anything by JM Holmes."—Andre Dubus III, New York Times bestselling author of House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days
"Holmes's searing study of masculinity is offset by irresistible heart and biting humor."—Entertainment Weekly
"As up-to-the-minute as a Kendrick Lamar track and asruefully steeped in eternal truths as a Gogol tale, these stories mark thedebut of an assured young talent in American storytelling."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"In these linked stories, both harrowing and funny, Holmes clarifies what it's like to be young, black, and male in America...Holmes, who won a fellowship to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is getting a big push."—Library Journal
"A crackling debut...Holmes proves his ability to navigate vulnerability, as well as his fearlessness in tackling tense situations head-on, all of which combines for a collection of superb stories."—Publishers Weekly
"Holmes's writing is fresh, and his dialogue rings true. He doesn't shy away from difficult subject matter or from showing his characters' flaws, which makes for some incredibly tough scenes to read, but also highlights the everyday travails of black men in America. Readers looking for timely, nuanced fiction about race and masculinity should definitely pick this up."—Booklist