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The awkward black man : stories / Walter Mosley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Grove Press, 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:
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction MOSLEY, WALTER Available 33111010400485
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Fiction MOSLEY, WALTER Checked out 05/24/2024 33111009017365
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A masterful collection of stories that showcases one of the country's most beloved and acclaimed writers--award-winning author, Walter Mosley.

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 showcase 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. In "The Good News Is," a man's insecurity about his weight gives way to a serious illness and the intense loneliness that accompanies it. Deeply vulnerable, he allows himself to be taken advantage of in return for a little human comfort in a raw display of true need. "Pet Fly," previously published in the New Yorker, follows a man working as a mailroom clerk for a big company--a solitary job for which he is overqualified--and the unforeseen repercussions he endures when he attempts to forge a connection beyond the one he has with the fly buzzing around his apartment. And "Almost Alyce" chronicles failed loves, family loss, alcoholism, and a Zen approach to the art of begging that proves surprisingly effective.

Touching and contemplative, each of these unexpected stories offers the best of one of our most gifted writers.

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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