Friday Black
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Publisher Description
"Aufregend und ein Wunder" George Saunders
"In ›Friday Black‹ wird von einer Zukunft erzählt, die schon morgen beginnen könnte. Eine neue und radikal frische Stimme in der US-Literatur." stern – SWR-Bestenliste Juli/August 2020.
In zwölf verstörenden Storys erzählt Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah von Liebe und Leidenschaft in Zeiten von Gewalt, Rassismus und ungezügeltem Konsum. Wie fühlt es sich an, im heutigen Amerika jung und schwarz zu sein? Welche Spuren hinterlässt alltägliche Ungerechtigkeit? In einer unkonventionellen Mischung aus hartem Realismus, dystopischer Fantasie und greller Komik findet der US-Amerikaner eine neue Sprache für die brennenden Themen unserer Zeit. Ein selten kraftvolles, mitreißendes und ungewöhnliches Debüt!
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Adjei-Brenyah dissects the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and racism in this debut collection of stingingly satirical stories. The arguments that exonerate a white man for brutally murdering five black children with a chainsaw in "The Finkelstein 5" highlight the absurdity of America's broken criminal justice system. "Zimmer Land" imagines a future entertainment park where players enter an augmented reality to hunt terrorists or shoot intruders played by minority actors. The title story is one of several set in a department store where the store's best salesman learns to translate the incomprehensible grunts of vicious, insatiable Black Friday shoppers. He returns in "How to Sell a Jacket as Told by IceKing" to be passed over for a promotion despite his impeccable record. Some stories take a narrower focus, such as "The Lion & the Spider," in which a high school senior has to take a demanding job to keep money flowing into his family's house after his father's disappearance. In "Light Spitter," a school shooting results in both the victim and gunman stuck in a shared purgatory. "Through the Flash" spins a dystopian Groundhog Day in which victims of an unexplained weapon relive a single day and resort to extreme violence to cope. Adjei-Brenyah has put readers on notice: his remarkable range, ingenious premises, and unflagging, momentous voice make this a first-rate collection.
