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Company : stories / Shannon Sanders.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2023]Description: 194 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781644452516
  • 1644452510
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The good, good men -- Bird of paradise -- The gatekeepers -- Rule number one -- Rioja -- La belle Hottentote -- Mote -- Dragonflies -- Amicus curiae -- The opal cleft -- Three guests -- Company -- The Everest society.
Summary: A collection of stories about the Collins family and their acquaintances as they meet, bicker, compete, celebrate, worry, keep and reveal secrets, build lives and careers, and endure. Moving from Atlantic City to New York to DC, from the 1960s to the 2000s, from law students to drag performers to violinists to matriarchs, Company tells a multifaceted, multigenerational saga in thirteen stories.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction New SANDERS, SHANNON Available 33111011188394
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

WINNER OF THE 2023 LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING

A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black family, named one of Publishers Weekly 's Best Books of 2023

Shannon Sanders's sparkling debut brings us into the company of the Collins family and their acquaintances as they meet, bicker, compete, celebrate, worry, keep and reveal secrets, build lives and careers, and endure. Moving from Atlantic City to New York to DC, from the 1960s to the 2000s, from law students to drag performers to violinists to matriarchs, Company tells a multifaceted, multigenerational saga in thirteen stories.

Each piece includes a moment when a guest arrives at someone's home. In "The Good, Good Men," two brothers reunite to oust a "deadbeat" boyfriend from their mother's house. In "The Everest Society," the brothers' sister anxiously prepares for a home visit from a social worker before adopting a child. In "Birds of Paradise," their aunt, newly promoted to university provost, navigates a minefield of microaggressions at her own welcome party. And in the haunting title story, the provost's sister finds her solitary life disrupted when her late sister's daughter comes calling.

These are stories about intimacy, societal and familial obligations, and the ways inheritances shape our fates. Buoyant, somber, sharp, and affectionate, this collection announces a remarkable new voice in fiction.

The good, good men -- Bird of paradise -- The gatekeepers -- Rule number one -- Rioja -- La belle Hottentote -- Mote -- Dragonflies -- Amicus curiae -- The opal cleft -- Three guests -- Company -- The Everest society.

A collection of stories about the Collins family and their acquaintances as they meet, bicker, compete, celebrate, worry, keep and reveal secrets, build lives and careers, and endure. Moving from Atlantic City to New York to DC, from the 1960s to the 2000s, from law students to drag performers to violinists to matriarchs, Company tells a multifaceted, multigenerational saga in thirteen stories.

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