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001			on1372392942
003			OCoLC
005			20231201093041.0
008			230608t20232023ncu e 000 1 eng
010			_a 2023025843
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCF _dTOH _dOCLCO _dMJ8 _dGO3 _dIBI _dIMT _dOCLCO _dMWD _dRNL _dIL2 _dNFG
019			_a1407113129
020			_a9781616208806 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1616208805 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1372392942 _z(OCoLC)1407113129
042			_apcc
092			_aBUMP, _bGABRIEL
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBump, Gabriel, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe new naturals : _ba novel / _cGabriel Bump.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2311
264		1	_aChapel Hill, North Carolina : _bAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023.
300			_a297 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"An abandoned restaurant on a hill off the highway in Western Massachusetts doesn't look like much. But to Rio, a young Black woman bereft after the loss of her newborn child, this hill becomes more than a safe haven--it becomes a place to start over. She convinces her husband to help her construct a society underground, somewhere safe, somewhere everyone can feel loved, wanted, and accepted, where the children learn actual history, where everyone has an equal shot. She locates a Benefactor and soon their utopia begins to take shape. Two unhoused men hear about it and immediately begin their journey by bus from Chicago to get there. A young and disillusioned journalist stumbles upon it and wants in. And a former soccer player, having lost his footing in society, is persuaded to check it out too. But no matter how much these people all yearn for meaning and a sanctuary from the existential dread of life above the surface, what happens if this new society can't actually work? What then? From one of the most exciting new literary voices out there, The New Naturals is fresh and deeply perceptive, capturing the absurdity of life in the 21st century, for readers of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Jennifer Egan's The Candy House. In this remarkable feat of imagination, Bump shows us that, ultimately, it is our love for and connection to each other that will save us" -- _cPage [2] of cover.
650		0	_aAfrican American women _vFiction. _927527
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _vFiction. _93756
650		0	_aInfants _xDeath _vFiction. _985586
650		0	_aHappiness _vFiction. _980293
650		0	_aInterpersonal relations _vFiction. _98929
650		0	_aUtopias _vFiction. _957772
655		7	_aUtopian fiction. _2lcgft _9149308
655		7	_aPsychological fiction. _2lcgft _9833
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c376476 _d376476