5/12/2023 0 Comments The city we became by nk jemisinThe damp of it makes my jeans feel slimy, or maybe that’s ’cause they haven’t been washed in weeks. I’m really singing to the cityscape beyond. I stand on the rooftop of a building I don’t live in and spread my arms and tighten my middle and yell nonsense ululations at the construction site that blocks my view. "A glorious fantasy." -Neil Gaiman Read Excerptįucking city. How Long 'til Black Future Month? (short story collection) Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction) The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition) Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.Įvery great city has a soul. In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City. Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K.
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