A broken people s playlist
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"A dozen interlinked, music-oriented stories set in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where Garricks was raised... Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in life’s soundtrack."—Booklist, starred review
“Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight.”—Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears
A Broken People’s Playlist is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve music-inspired tales about love, the human condition, micro-moments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. It is also Chimeka Garricks’s love letter to his native city, Port Harcourt, introducing us to a cast of indelible characters in these loosely interlocked tales.
There is the teenage wannabe-DJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apart—who reappears many years later as an unhappy middle-aged man drunk-calling his ex-wife; a man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother; three friends who ponder penis captivus and one’s peculiar erectile dysfunction; a troubled woman who tries to find her peace-place in the world, helped by a headful of songs and a pot of ginger tea.
Infused with the author’s resonant and evocative storytelling, each page holds “the depth of a novel” (Hari Kunzru); a character, a moment that will—like a favorite song—long linger in the heart and mind.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 25 mei 2023
Aantal pagina's: 224
Hoofdauteur: Chimeka Garricks
Hoofduitgeverij: Harpervia
Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 210 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 146 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 24 mm
Verpakking lengte: 216 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 630 g
EAN: 9780063268180