Lucky Man, Paperback by Brinkley, Jamel, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

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Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), African American / General, Literary Genre: Fiction Author: Jamel Brinkley Format: Trade Paperback Language: English Publisher: Graywolf Press Item Weight: 12 Oz ISBN: 9781555978433 Publication Year: 2019 width: 5.5 in Number of Pages: 256 Pages Item Length: 8.2 in Item Width: 5.5 in Book Title: Lucky Man : Stories Item Height: 0.8 in height: 0.8 in

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Lucky Man, Paperback by Brinkley, Jamel, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US. Lucky Man, Paperback by Brinkley, Jamel, ISBN 1555978436, ISBN-13 9781555978433, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION In the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man , fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving himself a man through the all-night revel of J’Ouvert can’t help but look out for his impressionable younger brother. A pair of college boys on the prowl follow two girls home from a party and have to own the uncomfortable truth of their desires. And at a capoeira conference, two brothers grapple with how to tell the story of their family, caught in the dance of their painful, fractured history. Jamel Brinkley’s stories, in a debut that announces the arrival of a significant new voice, reflect the tenderness and vulnerability of black men and boys whose hopes sometimes betray them, especially in a world shaped by race, gender, and class—where luck may be the greatest fiction of all.