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Zusatztext "Lewis' language is tight and controlled! smooth even! weighted with rhythm and complexity." Informationen zum Autor William Henry Lewis is the prizewinning author of a previous story collection, In the Arms of Our Elders . His fiction has appeared in America's top literary journals and several anthologies. He has been honored with many awards, including a prize for short fiction from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, he was a finalist for the 2005 PEN Faulkner Prize for Fiction, and he is the 2006 recipient of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Fiction Honor Award. Klappentext In twelve graceful, sensual stories, William Henry Lewis traces the line between the real and the imaginary, acknowledging the painful ghosts of the past in everyday encounters. Written in a style that has been acclaimed by our finest writers, from Edward P. Jones and Nikki Giovanni to Dave Eggers, I Got Somebody in Staunton is one of the most highly praised literary events to take on contemporary America.In the title story, a young professor befriends an enigmatic white woman in a bar along the back roads of Virginia, but has second thoughts about driving her to a neighboring town as his uncle's stories of lynchings resonate through his mind. Another tale portrays a Kansas City jazz troupe's travels to Denver, where they hope to strike it big. Meanwhile, a man in the midst of paradise must decide whether he will languish or thrive.With I Got Somebody in Staunton Lewis has lyrically and unflinchingly chronicled the lives of those most often neglected. Zusammenfassung In twelve graceful! sensual stories! William Henry Lewis traces the line between the real and the imaginary! acknowledging the painful ghosts of the past in everyday encounters. Written in a style that has been acclaimed by our finest writers! from Edward P. Jones and Nikki Giovanni to Dave Eggers! I Got Somebody in Staunton is one of the most highly praised literary events to take on contemporary America. In the title story! a young professor befriends an enigmatic white woman in a bar along the back roads of Virginia! but has second thoughts about driving her to a neighboring town as his uncle's stories of lynchings resonate through his mind. Another tale portrays a Kansas City jazz troupe's travels to Denver! where they hope to strike it big. Meanwhile! a man in the midst of paradise must decide whether he will languish or thrive. With I Got Somebody in Staunton Lewis has lyrically and unflinchingly chronicled the lives of those most often neglected. ...
