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“A wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real.” Marlon James”A fantastical, fierce reckoning… Sorrowland is gorgeous.” Roxanne Gay”Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying.” Independent”An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction.” Guardian.—Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, gives birth to twins and raises themaway from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong – not withthem, but with her own body. It’s changing, it’s itching, it’s stronger, it’s… notnormal.To understand her body’s metamorphosis, Vern must investigate not just thesecluded religious compound she fled but the violent history of dehumanization,medical experimentation, and genocide that produced it. In the course ofreclaiming her own darkness, Vern learns that monsters aren’t just individuals,but entire histories, systems, and nations.Sorrowland is a memorable work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangledhistory of racism in America and the marginalisation of society’s undesirables. Itis a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice inAmerican fiction.
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| Weight | 0.257 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.2 × 13 × 19.7 cm |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 368 |
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| Year Published | 2022-4-7 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1529118751 |
| About The Author | Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they're much at home. Their work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. They are the author of An Unkindness of Ghosts, The Deep, and Sorrowland. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon was born on Turtle Island. They currently live in the UK. |
| Review Quote | A fantastical, fierce reckoning … Sorrowland is gorgeous, and the writing, the storytelling, are magnificent. This country has a dark history of what it's willing to do to black bodies, and Rivers Solomon lays that truth bare in a most unexpected, absolutely brilliant way. |
| Other text | Sorrowland is a wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real. At the centre of this world and leaping off the page is Vern: unstoppable, unforgettable, and unlike anyone you have ever seen before. |
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