{"product_id":"9781501168000","title":"Heads of the Colored People: Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eThompson-Spires, Nafissa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e37 Ink\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN Open Book Award * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whiting Award * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Kirkus Prize and\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Undefeated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn one of the season’s most acclaimed works of fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires offers “a firecracker of a book...a triumph of storytelling: intelligent, acerbic, and ingenious” (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with race, identity politics, and the contemporary middle class in this “vivid, fast, funny, way-smart, and verbally inventive” (George Saunders, author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e) collection.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of utterly original characters. Some are darkly humorous—two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids’ backpacks—while others are devastatingly poignant. In the title story, when a cosplayer, dressed as his favorite anime character, is mistaken for a violent threat the consequences are dire; in another story, a teen struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with so-called black culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThompson-Spires fearlessly shines a light on the simmering tensions and precariousness of black citizenship. Boldly resisting categorization and easy answers, Nafissa Thompson-Spires “has taken the best of what Toni Cade Bambara, Morgan Parker, and Junot Díaz do plus a whole lot of something we’ve never seen in American literature, blended it all together...giving us one of the finest short-story collections” (Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"37 Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44762851213567,"sku":"9781501168000","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781501168000_s600x595.jpg?v=1776100837","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781501168000","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}