Disgruntled A Novel【電子書籍】[ Asali Solomon ]

＜p＞＜strong＞An elegant, vibrant, startling coming-of-age novel, for anyone who's ever felt the shame of being alive＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kenya Curtis is only eight years old, but she knows that she's different, even if she can't put her finger on how or why. It's not because she's blackーmost of the other students in the fourth-grade class at her West Philadelphia elementary school are too. Maybe it's because she celebrates Kwanzaa, or because she's forbidden from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Maybe it's because she calls her fatherーa housepainter-slash-philosopherー"Baba" instead of "Daddy," or because her parents' friends gather to pour out libations "from the Creator, for the Martyrs" and discuss "the community."＜br /＞ Kenya does know that it's connected to what her Baba calls "the shame of being alive"ーa shame that only grows deeper and more complex over the course of Asali Solomon's long-awaited debut novel. ＜em＞Disgruntled＜/em＞, effortlessly funny and achingly poignant, follows Keny．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る