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9780316738361: Portable Promised Land, The: Stories
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ISBN 10: 0316738360 ISBN 13: 9780316738361
Editorial: Little, Brown, 2003

Sinopsis

This inspired collection of stories is cause for celebration. With stunning language and dazzling characters, Toure introduces Soul City -- a wholly imagined utopia where magic happens and black is beautiful. In a broad range of characterization and styles, The Portable Promised Land is filled with lighthearted humor and heavyhearted issues. Toure challenges form and what's considered politically correct in stories like The Sad, Sweet Story of Sugar Lips Shinehot and Afrolexicolgy: Today's Bi-Annual List of the Top 50 Words in African America. The Portable Promised Land marks the entrance of a new and wildly compelling voice to fiction.

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Críticas

"A zesty debut.... A vital new voice in fiction. Popping with energy and edginess, THE PORTABLE PROMISED LAND is an inspired ode to the methods and madness of those who know that black isn't just a matter of race--it's a state of mind, a state of grace."

"A sharp celebration of black urban life.... Toure has given life in Soul City a comic edge, revealing the humor and absurdities behind the seriousness of race. Even the author's note and acknowledgments are fun to read."

"Hugely enjoyable.... An audacious and inventive debut.... The reader feels a bracing, biting gust of literary fresh air.... Buy the book."

"These delightful works practically beg to be read aloud.... Toure is a talent to watch."

"Hip-hop culture gets both glorified and sent up, sometimes in the same sentence.... Agreeably shocking, sharply perceptive, quite funny."

Reseña del editor

A debut collection of short stories takes place in the utopian world of Soul City and includes such tales as "The Sad, Sweet Story of Sugar Lips Shinehot" and "Afrolexicology: Today's Bi-Annual List of the Top 50 Words in African American." Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Editorial
Little, Brown
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0316738360
ISBN 13 
9780316738361
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
276
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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Friedensallee 273
Hamburg
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Alemania

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9780316666435: The Portable Promised Land: Stories

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0316666432 ISBN 13:  9780316666435
Editorial: Little Brown & Co, 2002
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