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A Must-Read at The New York Times, NPR, Los Angeles Times, Vulture, The Boston Globe, Shondaland, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Review of Books, Essence, Literary Hub, The Millions, The Root"Exhilarating . . . Brinkley is a writer whose versatility knows no boundaries . . . A gift of the highest quality." -Mateo Askaripour, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom National Book Award finalist Jamel Brinkley, Witness is an elegant, insistent narra...

From a National Book Award finalist, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken and not taken.What does it mean to take action? To bear witness? What does it cost?In these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters-from children to grandmothers to ghosts-live through the responsibility of perceiving and the moral challenge of speaking up or taking action. Though they s...

A dazzling collection by a masterful storyteller' Yiyun Li, author of The Book of Goose'Read everything this man writes, and regard the world anew' Justin Torres, author of We the Animals'Brinkley's sentences are daggers' Raven Leilani, author of Luster

An electric new collection of stories set in contemporary New York, from the award-winning author of A Lucky Man and National Book Award finalist, Jamel Brinkley.

Jamel Brinkley nutzt die Form der Short Story meisterlich, um vom gegenwärtigen Leben junger schwarzer Männer in den USA zu erzählen, die Momente des Glücks und familiäre Geborgenheit suchen und dabei die Wucht des echten Lebens zu spüren bekommen.

Uncovering the inner lives of black men and boys, an expansive fiction debut from a major new voice - now in paperback.

Zwei Studenten erscheinen auf einer Party, um dort Frauen zu treffen, werden aber mit der unangenehmen Wahrheit ihrer eigentlichen Wünsche konfrontiert. Ein kleiner Junge, dessen Vater vermisst wird, verbringt in rasender Wut über einen schlechten Haarschnitt die Nacht auf den Straßen von Brooklyn. Und bei einer Capoeira-Veranstaltung kämpfen zwei Brüder mit ihrer schmerzhaften Familiengeschichte. Mit scharfem Blick fängt Jamel Brinkley das In...

Finalist for The National Book Award for Fiction: Uncovering the inner lives of black men and boys, an expansive fiction debut from a major new voice compared to Alice Munro and Toni Morrison.

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONIn 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 him...

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONIn 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 him...