Jonathan Escoffery


If I Survive You

Escoffery, Jonathan | IF I SURVIVE YOU


BoklivArtikelnr: 9780008501242

En debutroman som utforskar en jamaicansk familjs kamp med identitet och motgångar i Miami under 1979.

  • En fängslande debut om en jamaicansk familj i Miami.

  • Utforskar teman som rasism, identitet och familjerivalitet.

  • Utgiven som häftat band, 2023.

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Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: Harper Collins UK
ISBN: 9780008501242

Omfång: 272 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2023-09-05

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

'Kaleidoscopic, urgent, hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES

'An absolute delight to read' DIANA EVANS

'Superb ... A strong, much needed new voice in our literature' PERCIVAL EVERETT

'A compelling hurricane of a book' ANN PATCHETT

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

'Kaleidoscopic, urgent, hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES

'An absolute delight to read' DIANA EVANS

'Superb ... A strong, much needed new voice in our literature' PERCIVAL EVERETT

'A compelling hurricane of a book' ANN PATCHETT

A major debut that follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew.

1979. Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But they soon learn that the welcome in America will be far from warm.

Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society which regards him with suspicion, greeting him with the puzzled question 'What are you?'

Their eldest son Delano's longing for a better future for his own children is equalled only by his recklessness in trying to secure it.

As both brothers navigate the obstacles littered in their path - an unreliable father, racism, a financial crisis and Hurricane Andrew - they find themselves increasingly pitted against one another. Will their rivalry be the thing that finally tears their family apart?

If I Survive You pulses with inimitable style, heart and barbed humour while unravelling what it means to carve out an existence between cultures, homes and pay checks. It announces Jonathan Escoffery as a chronicler of life at its most gruesome and hopeful.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

'A debut so brilliant it stopped me in my tracks ... Astonishing' I NEWSPAPER

'Utterly unstoppable ... a book that you simply do not want to end' IRISH TIMES

'A commanding debut from a talent to watch' OBSERVER

'Sings with authenticity and heart' ANOTHER

'Astonishingly compact and engaging ... Dazzling' JOYCE CAROL OATES

A most anticipated Book of 2023 in AnOther Magazine, Huffington Post UK and i Newspaper

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Vanliga frågor om If I Survive You av Jonathan Escoffery

'If I Survive You' av Jonathan Escoffery handlar om en jamaicansk familj som flyr till Miami för att undkomma politiskt våld i Kingston, och som kämpar med identitet, rasism och ekonomiska hinder i sitt nya liv.

Boken utforskar teman som jamaicansk identitet, kulturell kamp, familjeband och diskriminering av invandrare, samt hur externa faktorer påverkar relationer.

Boken är ett häftat band, publicerad av Harper Collins UK den 5 september 2023, omfattar 272 sidor och är skriven på engelska. Skicket är nytt.

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