Fofana Sidik
Fofana Sidik - Stories From The Tenants Downstairs - Paperback
Fofana Sidik - Stories From The Tenants Downstairs - Paperback
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Description: Finalist for the Gotham Book Prize the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence * Longlisted for the Story Prize Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR Kirkus Reviews Library Journal Chicago Review of Books Lit Hub and Electric Lit A standout achievement American speech is an underused commodity in contemporary fiction and it's a joy to find such a vital example of it here. The Wall Street Journal From a superb new literary talent a rich lyrical collection of stories about a tight - knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it. At Banneker Terrace everybody knows everybody or at least knows of them. Longtime tenants lives are entangled together in the ups and downs of the day - to - day for better or for worse. The neighbors in the unit next door are friends or family childhood rivals or enterprising business partners. In other words Harlem is home. But the rent is due and the clock of gentrification never far from anyone's mind is ticking louder now than ever. In eight interconnected stories Sidik Fofana conjures a residential community under pressure. There is Swan in apartment 6 B whose excitement about his friend's release from prison jeopardizes the life he's been trying to lead. Mimi in apartment 14 D hustles to raise the child she had with Swan waitressing at Roscoe's and doing hair on the side. And Quanneisha B. Miles in apartment 21 J is a former gymnast with a good education who wishes she could leave Banneker for good but can t seem to escape the building's gravitational pull. We root for the tight - knit cast of characters as they weave in and out of one another's narratives working to escape their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love. All the while we brace as they do for the challenges of a rapidly shifting future. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs brilliantly captures the joy and pain of the human experience in this singular accomplishment from a writer to watch (Library Journal starred review).
Title: Stories From The Tenants Downstairs
Author(s): Fofana Sidik
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781982145828
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/1/2023
Description: Finalist for the Gotham Book Prize the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence * Longlisted for the Story Prize Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR Kirkus Reviews Library Journal Chicago Review of Books Lit Hub and Electric Lit A standout achievement American speech is an underused commodity in contemporary fiction and it's a joy to find such a vital example of it here. The Wall Street Journal From a superb new literary talent a rich lyrical collection of stories about a tight - knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it. At Banneker Terrace everybody knows everybody or at least knows of them. Longtime tenants lives are entangled together in the ups and downs of the day - to - day for better or for worse. The neighbors in the unit next door are friends or family childhood rivals or enterprising business partners. In other words Harlem is home. But the rent is due and the clock of gentrification never far from anyone's mind is ticking louder now than ever. In eight interconnected stories Sidik Fofana conjures a residential community under pressure. There is Swan in apartment 6 B whose excitement about his friend's release from prison jeopardizes the life he's been trying to lead. Mimi in apartment 14 D hustles to raise the child she had with Swan waitressing at Roscoe's and doing hair on the side. And Quanneisha B. Miles in apartment 21 J is a former gymnast with a good education who wishes she could leave Banneker for good but can t seem to escape the building's gravitational pull. We root for the tight - knit cast of characters as they weave in and out of one another's narratives working to escape their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love. All the while we brace as they do for the challenges of a rapidly shifting future. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs brilliantly captures the joy and pain of the human experience in this singular accomplishment from a writer to watch (Library Journal starred review).
Title: Stories From The Tenants Downstairs
Author(s): Fofana Sidik
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781982145828
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/1/2023
