{"product_id":"9781668219546","title":"Black Star Line","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=\"\"\u003eLohier, William\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\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\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\u003e3\/23\/2027\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=\"\"\u003eHardcover\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\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Star Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-defying story collection in the vein of Jordan Peele and Octavia Butler that fuses speculative fiction and satire to explore Black life at the edge of collapse and possibility.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning virtual worlds, haunted cities, and destabilized realities, the stories of this collection ask: what does freedom look like when it is presumed rather than fought for?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In “Drapetomania,” a mysterious epidemic causes Black people to run uncontrollably until their bodies give out, transforming a racist 19th-century pseudoscientific diagnosis into a chilling meditation on escape, exhaustion, and collective grief; in “Black Boys Only Die Twice,” a queer Black boy comes of age amid wandering ghosts, heavenly apartment complexes, and scissor-wielding aunties as he searches for his missing grandmother, whose fate is mysteriously bound to his own; in “Return Doors,” a couple’s unraveling coincides with the appearance of portals visible only to Black people. Elsewhere, “The Armillary Sphere” follows a boy who undergoes a procedure that allows him to glimpse the future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At once electrifying and deeply humane, \u003ci\u003eBlack Star Line\u003c\/i\u003e channels both blistering rage and profound tenderness, mapping the fragile, ecstatic, and often perilous possibilities that emerge when we dare to imagine beyond the constraints of the present.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48716922487039,"sku":"9781668219546","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781668219546_s600x595.png?v=1781718586","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781668219546","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}