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A lucky man : stories, Jamel Brinkley

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"In the nine expansive, searching stories of A lucky man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving himself a man through the all-night revel of J'ouvert can't help but look out for his impressionable younger brother. A pair of college boys on the prowl follow two girls home from a party and have to own the uncomfortable truth of their desires. And at a Capoeira conference, two brothers grapple with how to tell the story of their family, caught in the dance of their painful, fractured history. Jamel Brinkley's stories, in a debut that announces the arrival of a significant new voice, reflect the tenderness and vulnerability of black men and boys whose hopes sometimes betray them, especially in a world shaped by race, gender, and class--where luck may be the greatest fiction of all."--Amazon.com
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
243 pages
Note
"A Public Space Book."
Contents
  • Clifton's place
  • No more than a bubble
  • J'ouvert, 1996
  • I happy am
  • Everything the mouth eats
  • A family
  • A lucky man
  • Infinite happiness
  • Wolf and Rhonda
Isbn
9781555978051
Instance
Label
A lucky man : stories
Title
A lucky man
Title remainder
stories
Statement of responsibility
Jamel Brinkley
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In the nine expansive, searching stories of A lucky man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving himself a man through the all-night revel of J'ouvert can't help but look out for his impressionable younger brother. A pair of college boys on the prowl follow two girls home from a party and have to own the uncomfortable truth of their desires. And at a Capoeira conference, two brothers grapple with how to tell the story of their family, caught in the dance of their painful, fractured history. Jamel Brinkley's stories, in a debut that announces the arrival of a significant new voice, reflect the tenderness and vulnerability of black men and boys whose hopes sometimes betray them, especially in a world shaped by race, gender, and class--where luck may be the greatest fiction of all."--Amazon.com
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NHP
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Brinkley, Jamel
Index
no index present
Literary form
short stories
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African American men
  • African American boys
  • African American families
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
  • Hommes noirs américains
  • Garçons noirs américains
  • Familles noires américaines
  • FICTION
  • FICTION
  • African American families
  • African American boys
  • African American men
  • Short stories, American
  • New York (State)
  • New York (State)
  • African American men
  • African American boys
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Label
A lucky man : stories, Jamel Brinkley
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"A Public Space Book."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Clifton's place
  • No more than a bubble
  • J'ouvert, 1996
  • I happy am
  • Everything the mouth eats
  • A family
  • A lucky man
  • Infinite happiness
  • Wolf and Rhonda
Control code
1018176036
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
243 pages
Isbn
9781555978051
Lccn
2017952103
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
System control number
(OCoLC)1018176036
Label
A lucky man : stories, Jamel Brinkley
Publication
Copyright
Note
"A Public Space Book."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Clifton's place
  • No more than a bubble
  • J'ouvert, 1996
  • I happy am
  • Everything the mouth eats
  • A family
  • A lucky man
  • Infinite happiness
  • Wolf and Rhonda
Control code
1018176036
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
243 pages
Isbn
9781555978051
Lccn
2017952103
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
System control number
(OCoLC)1018176036

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