Results for: books tagged ‘Race’
The Blacks: Jean Genet
‘One evening,’ wrote Jean Genet in a prefatory note to The Blacks, ‘an actor asked me to write a play for an all-black cast. But what exactly is a black? ... More
Collected Essays: Hanif Kureishi
This collection of Hanif Kureishi’s prose writings begins in the early 1980s with The Rainbow Sign, which was written as the introduction to the screenplay of My Beautiful Laundrette. It ... More
Collected Stories: Hanif Kureishi
Written over the course of the last 12 years, this collection includes Kureishi's controversial story Weddings and Beheadings, his prophetic My Son the Fanatic, as well as eight previously unpublished stories. More
American Trade: Tarell Alvin McCraney
When life in New York gets too hot to handle, charismatic hustler Pharus escapes the clutches of rap star Jules and moves to London. A funny, uncompromising about surviving in ... More
The Path of Minor Planets: Andrew Sean Greer
It’s 1965. On a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet, but when a young boy dies during a ... More
Open City: Teju Cole
With shades of Baudelaire and Camus, Teju Cole's Open City, a haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss, dislocation and surrender, is now getting the same acclaim it received on publication in the US. More