The Resource What it means when a man falls from the sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah
What it means when a man falls from the sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah
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The item What it means when a man falls from the sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- "A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person"--With rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 230 pages
- Note
- Originally published: Great Britain : Tinder Press, 2017
- Contents
-
- The Future Looks Good
- War Stories
- Wild
- Light
- Second Chances
- Windfalls
- Who Will Greet You at Home
- Buchi's Girls
- What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
- Glory
- What Is a Volcano?
- Redemption
- Isbn
- 9781472239631
- Label
- What it means when a man falls from the sky
- Title
- What it means when a man falls from the sky
- Statement of responsibility
- Lesley Nneka Arimah
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person"--With rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her"--
- Cataloging source
- TSL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Arimah, Lesley Nneka
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Interpersonal relations
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- What it means when a man falls from the sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah
- Note
- Originally published: Great Britain : Tinder Press, 2017
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Future Looks Good -- War Stories -- Wild -- Light -- Second Chances -- Windfalls -- Who Will Greet You at Home -- Buchi's Girls -- What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky -- Glory -- What Is a Volcano? -- Redemption
- Control code
- 000062161501
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 230 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472239631
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)991643507
- Label
- What it means when a man falls from the sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah
- Note
- Originally published: Great Britain : Tinder Press, 2017
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Future Looks Good -- War Stories -- Wild -- Light -- Second Chances -- Windfalls -- Who Will Greet You at Home -- Buchi's Girls -- What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky -- Glory -- What Is a Volcano? -- Redemption
- Control code
- 000062161501
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 230 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472239631
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)991643507
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