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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 2-7 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Mai 2022
Genre:	Romane, Erzählungen, Gedichte
	21st Century / Colonialism & imperialism / Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050 / FICTION / Cultural Heritage / Narrative theme# Death, grief, loss / Narrative theme# Sense of place / Relating to Black British people / United Kingdom, Great Britain
ISBN:	9780241992661
EAN-Code:	9780241992661
Verlag:	Penguin Books
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 196 mm / B 124 mm / D 18 mm
Gewicht:	120 gr
Seiten:	112
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2022 'Diamond-sharp, timely and urgent' Observer, Best Debuts of 2021 'Subtle, elegant, scorching' Vogue 'Virtuosic, exquisite, achingly unique' Guardian 'I'm full of the hope, on reading it, that this is the kind of book that doesn't just mark the moment things change, but also makes that change possible' Ali Smith 'Exquisite, daring, utterly captivating. A stunning new writer' Bernardine Evaristo Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going. The narrator of Assembly is a Black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart? 'One of the most talked-about debuts of the year . . . You'll read it in one sitting' Sunday Times Style 'Expertly crafted, remarkable, astonishing... A literary debut with flavours of Jordan Peele's Get Out' Bookseller, Editor's Choice 'Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway meets Citizen by Claudia Rankine... As breathtakingly graceful as it is mercilessly true' Olivia Sudjic 'Bold and original, with a cool intelligence, and so very truthful about the colonialist structure of British society' Diana Evans 'This marvel of a novel manages to say all there is to say about Britain today' Sabrina Mahfouz