272 Seiten; 18 mm x 132 mm
Sprache English
2024 Penguin Books UK; Penguin
ISBN 978-0-241-99604-1
Besprechung
Nelson writes about closeness, with family, with lovers, with art, as careful, essential labour Raven Leilani, author of Luster
Langtext
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024
Dancing is the one thing that can solve Stephen's problems.
At Church with his family, the shimmer of Black hands raised in praise. With his band, making music speaking not just to their hardships, but their joys. Grooving with his best friend, so close their heads might touch. Dancing alone to his father's records, uncovering parts of a man he has never truly known. His youth, shame and sacrifice.
Stephen has only ever known himself in song. But what becomes of him when the music fades?
Set over the course of three summers, from South London to Ghana and back again, SMALL WORLDS is a novel about the worlds we build for ourselves. The worlds we live, dance and love within.
*****
'Caleb Azumah Nelson's stunning second novel confirms his status as a literary star' Observer
'Beautiful, unforgettable and all-consuming' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie
'SMALL WORLDS is a book for everyone . . . an uplifting symphony of a summer read' Times
Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023
Biografische Anmerkung zu den Verfassern
Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer living in South East London. His first novel, OPEN WATER, won the Costa First Novel Award and Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, and was a number-one Times bestseller. It was also shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, Waterstones Book of the Year, and longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize. He was selected as a National Book Foundation '5 under 35' honoree by Brit Bennett.
- father son
- peckham
- south london
- ghana
- london
- literary fiction
- music
- sally rooney
- normal people
- zadie smith
- ordinary people
- white teeth
- david nicholls
- on earth we're briefly gorgeous
- open water
- beautiful world where are you
- sweet sorrow
- crying in h mart
- ocean vuong
- luster
- love in colour
- brit bennett
- yaa gyasi
- vanishing half
- mothers
- bolu babalola
- nw
- diana evans
- raven leilani
- time is a mother
- michelle zauner
- african romance
- black london
- black authors
- bloomsbury modern classics
- folklore of london
- london compendium
- social stories
- death