{"product_id":"witness-stories-paperback","title":"Witness: 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\u003eJamel Brinkley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookPage, Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommonweal Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the Kirkus Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eToday Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShondaland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exhilarating . . . Brinkley is a writer whose versatility knows no boundaries . . . A gift of the highest quality.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Mateo Askaripour, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award finalist Jamel Brinkley, \u003ci\u003eWitness \u003c\/i\u003eis an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken and not taken.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean to really see the world around you--to bear witness? And what does it cost us, both to see and not to see? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters--from children to grandmothers to ghosts--live through the responsibility of perceiving and the moral challenge of speaking up or taking action. Though they strive to connect with, stand up for, care for, and remember one another, they often fall short, and the structures they build around these ambitions and failures shape their futures as well as the legacies and prospects of their communities and their city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its portraits of families and friendships lost and found, the paradox of intimacy, the long shadow of grief, and the meaning of home, \u003ci\u003eWitness \u003c\/i\u003eenacts its own testimony. Here is a world where fortunes can be made and stolen in just a few generations, where strangers might sometimes show kindness while those we trust--doctors, employers, siblings--too often turn away, where joy comes in snatches: flowers on a windowsill, dancing in the street, glimpsing your purpose, change on the horizon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith prose as upendingly beautiful as it is artfully, seamlessly crafted, Jamel Brinkley offers nothing less than the full scope of life and death and change in the great, unending drama of the city.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamel Brinkley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Lucky Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and was a finalist for the National Book Award, the John Leonard Prize, and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He was raised in the Bronx and Brooklyn and currently teaches at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\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 0.64 x 8.23 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kirkus Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033614971181,"sku":"9781250338396","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/7aU4a8muU9781250338396.webp?v=1777618031","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/witness-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}