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The office of historical corrections : a novella and stories / Danielle Evans.
Van Pelt Library PS3605.V3648 A6 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Danielle, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women college students--Fiction.
- Women college students.
- Photojournalists--Fiction.
- Photojournalists.
- Weddings--Fiction.
- Weddings.
- Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Loss (Psychology).
- African American women--Fiction.
- African American women.
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Novellas.
- Psychological fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 269 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into the complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multi-racial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief--all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history - about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In 'Boys Go to Jupiter' a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a confederate flag bikini goes viral. In 'Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain' a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Happily ever after
- Richard of York gave battle in vain
- Boys go to Jupiter
- Alcatraz
- Why won't women just say what they want
- Anything could disappear
- The office of historical corrections.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Evans, Danielle, Office of historical corrections
- ISBN:
- 9781594487330
- 1594487332
- OCLC:
- 1141028570
- Publisher Number:
- 99985813343
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