My Monticello : fiction / Jocelyn Nicole Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole, author.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections (My Monticello)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century--Fiction.

African Americans.

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Virginia--Monticello.

Monticello (Va.)--Fiction.

Monticello (Va.).

Virginia--Fiction.

Virginia.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novellas.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

210 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.

Summary:

"An irresistibly accessible yet startlingly bold book of short stories and a novella, inspired by Black lives in America and featuring the gripping eponymous work "My Monticello.""-- Provided by publisher.

Johnson's characters traverse Virginia's landscapes, still stained by some of America's most heinous acts, in pursuit of a place to call home. In each story, she reveals intimate moments within the nation's multitudes, featuring unforgettable characters who struggle beneath burdened inheritances yet manage to persist and love. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Control Negro

Virginia is not your home

Something sweet on their tongues

Buying a house ahead of the apocalypse

The king of Xandria

My Monticello.

Contains:

Container of: Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole. Control Negro.

Container of: Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole. Virginia is not your home.

Container of: Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole. Something sweet on our tongues.

Container of: Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole. Buying a house ahead of the apocalypse.

Container of: Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole. King of Xandria.

Container of: Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole. Short stories. Selections (My Monticello)

ISBN:

9781250807151

1250807158

OCLC:

1227917235