My Monticello

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

Jazyk:	anglicky
Počet stran:	192
Formát:	14,4 x 22,2 cm
Nakladatel:	Harvill Secker
Vazba:	pevná

Cena:	295,00 Kč

• Anotace

  At a time of rolling blackouts and terrible storms battering America, the neighbourhood of First Street, Charlottesville comes under attack by violent white supremacists. A group of friends, families and strangers flee together in an abandoned bus and head for the hills above town.
  
  Led by Da'Naisha Love, they arrive at Monticello, the historic plantation-home of Thomas Jefferson, deserted but for its ghosts. As a young Black descendant of Jefferson and Sally Hemings, Da'Naisha has a complex relationship with the house. Tentative at first, the group explores rooms, forages on the grounds, and finds a kind of shelter. But the terror from their town is coming closer, and soon they have an impossible decision to make.
  
  My Monticello is the story of nineteen heart-stopping days of refuge and reclamation, told by Da'Naisha with courage and with grace. This deeply moving novel is a searing indictment of racism past and present, and a powerful vision of resistance, community and hope.
  
  *A METRO CHRISTMAS GIFT PICK 2021*
  
  'ONE OF THE FINEST NOVELS OF 2021 and A FUTURE CLASSIC' The Bookseller
  
  Early readers love My Monticello (reviews from NetGalley):
  'So much to love... A truly astonishing debut' *****
  'What an incredible voice she has' *****
  'Deserves the praise heaped upon it' *****
  'Johnson's writing is vivid and bold' ****
  'The end is terrific, terrifying and mind blowing' ****
  'Raw, powerful and a great contemporary voice' ****
  'Definitely deserves a spot on your reading list' ****

  Review

  Riveting storytelling. This incandescent work speaks not just to the moment, but to history ― Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  
  A badass debut by any measure - nimble, knowing, and electrifying ― Colson Whitehead, twice-Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and THE NICKEL BOYS
  
  An electric new literary voice ― Esquire
  
  Absolutely unforgettable. Johnson's prose soars to remarkable heights ― Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of HUNGER and AYITI
  
  Unputdownable... Extraordinarily powerful... One of the finest books of 2021 and a future classic ― The Bookseller, Book of the Month
  
  My Monticello is a magnificent debut that holds so much in its gaze. This breathtaking, artful book is a gift ― Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A BURNING
  
  I was enthralled from the opening lines of this book. Stunning ― Charles Yu, National Book Award-winning author of INTERIOR CHINATOWN
  
  This is a stunning debut by a brilliant and original new voice ― Danielle Evans, award-winning author of THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS
  
  Johnson's debut book is stellar ― Kirkus (starred review)
  
  A powerful and beautiful read -- Nina Pottell ― Prima
  
  An extraordinary debut from a gifted writer with an unflinching view of history and what may come of it. ― Washington Post
  
  Johnson is a great observer. The novel is full of stunningly precise figurative language... [it's] utterly absorbing...a meditation of how the brutal past of slavery still has a potent legacy in contemporary America; it also portrays the redemptive powers of love and care -- Tomiwa Owolade ― Daily Telegraph
  
  This powerful and memorable book is a must-read -- Joanne Finney ― Good Housekeeping
  
  A powerful, thought-provoking novel -- Sarra Manning ― Red
  
  [A] tenderly rendered apocalyptic novella... Johnson is an unusually sensitive writer, combining a mood of impending doom with language of soulful beauty -- Claire Allfree ― Daily Mail
  
  This brief, brilliant gut-punch of a novel is frighteningly plausible... Lush, harrowing, and entirely believable - a marvel of economy -- Paul Connolly ― Metro
  
  My Monticello is short, satisfying and punchy: more debuts should be like this -- John Self ― The Times
  
  Stunning -- Eithne Farry ― Mail on Sunday
  
  Chilling, affecting and intelligent -- Stuart Kelly ― Scotland on Sunday
  
  This brief, brilliant gut-punch of a novel is frighteningly plausible -- Paul Connolly ― Metro, *Christmas Gift Guide 2021*
  
  My Monticello is a bleak story but reading it elicits the same kind of sensation that comes from listening to a poignant blues song: there is pleasure in its creation without denying the pain of the subject -- Colin Grant ― Guardian

  About the Author

  Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's writing has appeared in Guernica and the Guardian and has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories 2018, guest edited by Roxane Gay. My Monticello is her debut. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
• Další informace

  ISBN/EAN:	9781787303027
  Rok vydání:	2021

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