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The awkward black man : stories / Walter Mosley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First edition; First Grove Atlantic hardcover editionDescription: 328 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802149565
  • 0802149561
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3563.O88456 A6 2020
Contents:
The good news is -- Pet fly -- Almost Alyce -- Starting over -- Leading from the affair -- Cut, cut, cut -- Between storms -- The black woman in the Chinese hat -- Local hero -- Otis -- Showdown on the Hudson -- Breath -- Reply to a dead man -- The letter -- Haunted -- The sin of dreams -- An unlikely series of conversations.
Summary: "Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most accomplished short stories to display the full range of his remarkable talent. Mosley presents distinct characters as they struggle to move through the world in each of these stories - heroes who are awkward, nerdy, self-defeating, self-involved, and, on the whole, odd. He overturns the stereotypes that corral black male characters and paints a subtle, powerful portrait of each of these unique individuals."--Provided by publisher.
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BOOK BOOK Harrison Memorial Library FICTION Adult Fiction MOSLEY W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31624003929734
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The good news is -- Pet fly -- Almost Alyce -- Starting over -- Leading from the affair -- Cut, cut, cut -- Between storms -- The black woman in the Chinese hat -- Local hero -- Otis -- Showdown on the Hudson -- Breath -- Reply to a dead man -- The letter -- Haunted -- The sin of dreams -- An unlikely series of conversations.

"Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most accomplished short stories to display the full range of his remarkable talent. Mosley presents distinct characters as they struggle to move through the world in each of these stories - heroes who are awkward, nerdy, self-defeating, self-involved, and, on the whole, odd. He overturns the stereotypes that corral black male characters and paints a subtle, powerful portrait of each of these unique individuals."--Provided by publisher.

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