Cauley Kashana - The Survivalists - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: In the wake of her parents death Aretha a habitually single Black lawyer has had only one obsession in life - success - until she falls for Aaron a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane Sandy - traumatized illegal - gun - stockpiling optimized - soy - protein - eating bunker - building roommates Aretha finds that her dreams of making partner are slipping away replaced by an underground world one of selling guns and training for a doomsday that's maybe just around the corner. For readers of Victor La Valle's The Changeling Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Zakiya Harris's The Other Black Girl The Survivalists is a darkly humorous novel from a smart and relevant new literary voice that's packed with tension curiosity and wit and unafraid to ask the questions most relevant to a new generation of Americans: Does it make sense to climb the corporate ladder? What exactly are the politics of gun ownership? And in a world where it's nearly impossible for young people to earn enough money to afford stable housing what does it take in order to survive?
Title: The Survivalists
Author(s): Cauley Kashana
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Barcode: 9781593767273
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 1/10/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction