{"product_id":"what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky-stories-paperback","title":"What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLesley Nneka Arimah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA PBS NewsHour\/\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION \"5 UNDER 35\" HONOREE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER OF THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NYPL'S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LEONARD PRIZE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Who Will Greet You at Home,\" a National Magazine Award finalist for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In \"Wild,\" a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In \"The Future Looks Good,\" three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in \"Light,\" a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to \"fix the equation of a person\" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, \u003ci\u003eWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLesley Nneka Arimah\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the UK and grew up in Nigeria and the United States. Her work has received grants and awards from Commonwealth Writers, the Elizabeth George Foundation, The MacDowell Colony, Breadloaf and others. She was selected for the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 and is the recipient of an O'Henry Award. Her debut collection, What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky, won the Kirkus Prize and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, and was a finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She currently lives in Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kirkus Prize (2017)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033392083245,"sku":"9780735211032","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ampIRDdmYW1TOW5YRWtEYjNBbWNaZz09.webp?v=1777593040","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}