Counternarratives

Fiction & Literature, African American, Short Stories, Literary
Cover of the book Counternarratives by John Keene, New Directions
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Keene ISBN: 9780811224352
Publisher: New Directions Publication: May 17, 2016
Imprint: New Directions Language: English
Author: John Keene
ISBN: 9780811224352
Publisher: New Directions
Publication: May 17, 2016
Imprint: New Directions
Language: English

Now in paperback, a bewitching collection of stories and novellas that are “suspenseful, thought-provoking, mystical, and haunting” (Publishers Weekly)

Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratives draws upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, and interrogation transcripts to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. “An Outtake” chronicles an escaped slave’s take on liberty and the American Revolution; “The Strange History of Our Lady of the Sorrows” presents a bizarre series of events that unfold in Haiti and a nineteenth-century Kentucky convent; “The Aeronauts” soars between bustling Philadelphia, still-rustic Washington, and the theater of the U. S. Civil War; “Rivers” portrays a free Jim meeting up decades later with his former raftmate Huckleberry Finn; and in “Acrobatique,” the subject of a famous Edgar Degas painting talks back.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Now in paperback, a bewitching collection of stories and novellas that are “suspenseful, thought-provoking, mystical, and haunting” (Publishers Weekly)

Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratives draws upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, and interrogation transcripts to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. “An Outtake” chronicles an escaped slave’s take on liberty and the American Revolution; “The Strange History of Our Lady of the Sorrows” presents a bizarre series of events that unfold in Haiti and a nineteenth-century Kentucky convent; “The Aeronauts” soars between bustling Philadelphia, still-rustic Washington, and the theater of the U. S. Civil War; “Rivers” portrays a free Jim meeting up decades later with his former raftmate Huckleberry Finn; and in “Acrobatique,” the subject of a famous Edgar Degas painting talks back.

More books from New Directions

Cover of the book Flowers of Evil: A Selection by John Keene
Cover of the book The Besieged City by John Keene
Cover of the book The Halfway House by John Keene
Cover of the book Condition of Secrecy by John Keene
Cover of the book Is that Kafka?: 99 Finds by John Keene
Cover of the book On the Edge of Reason by John Keene
Cover of the book Ghosts by John Keene
Cover of the book Concluding by John Keene
Cover of the book The Bachelors by John Keene
Cover of the book A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark by John Keene
Cover of the book The Hospital by John Keene
Cover of the book The Passion According to G.H. by John Keene
Cover of the book The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The Original Edition by John Keene
Cover of the book The Wisdom of the Heart by John Keene
Cover of the book The Wisdom of the Zen Masters by John Keene
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy