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Sto caricando le informazioni... Nightcrawling: A novel (originale 2022; edizione 2022)di Leila Mottley (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 109000 17 year old Kiara's father, always in and out of jail is dead, her mother in a half way house, and her older brother chasing unrealistic dreams of becoming the next big name in the music industry. She's in charge of their home, and de-facto of her friend and neighbour's 9 year old child, whom she loves unconditionally. Under-educated and with no training, she has no means of paying the rent and eviction looms. Sex-working provides an answer, but soon she falls into the clutches of a ring of sex-seeking cops from whose grip she has little chance of escape. This is her story, that of a feisty young woman making the best of the rotten hand that life has dealt her. Told in her own words, Kiara paints a picture of a world where racism and poverty and lack of choice are normal and where the choices she must make are impossible. It's inspired by a true story of corruption in the police department. Kiara is bold, witty and tough, and Mottley gives her a rhythmic, new and exciting langage. An energising read. Quan el propietari del pis on viu la Kiara Johnson, una adolescent d'Oakland, li notifica l'augment del lloguer, el món se li capgira de manera precipitada. Mentre suplica al seu germà, Marcus, que trobi una feina per ajudar-la i s'encarrega d'en Trevor, un veí de nou anys abandonat per la seva mare, la Ki busca com sortir-se'n. Però quan les decisions que pren la duguin a ser el testimoni clau en una trama de corrupció policíaca, es veurà immersa en una tempesta mediàtica que assolarà la seva intimitat i la de la seva família. Criatures nocturnes és un llibre que es fixa en la llum que emergeix de la foscor més absoluta, alhora que denuncia l'opressió i clama contra els abusos institucionals. Leila Mottley ens regala una novel·la d'alt voltatge poètic que ens fa vibrar pàgina rere pàgina.
The expressive, poetic phrases in this novel don’t obfuscate the dark and revolting scenes, so you’ll need to be in the right mood for this one. Premi e riconoscimentiMenzioniElenchi di rilievo
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HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ? AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK ? A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice ??bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole? (Tommy Orange, author of There There). A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, TIME, GOODREADS Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent??which has more than doubled??and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department. Rich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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