In the Not Quite Dark
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2016.
Paperback. Signed by author in ink to title page. 9" X 6". 202pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. Light bump to top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Following her prize-winning collection Break Any Woman Down, Dana Johnson returns with a collection of bold stories set mostly in downtown Los Angeles that examine large issues –love, class, race – and how they influence and define our most intimate moments. In “The Liberace Museum,” a mixed-race couple leave the South toward the destination of Vegas, crossing miles of road and history to the promised land of consumption; in “Rogues,” a young man on break from college lands in his brother’s Inland Empire neighborhood during a rash of unexplained robberies; in “She Deserves Everything She Gets,” a woman listens to the strict advice given to her spoiled niece about going away to college, reflecting on her own experience and the night she lost her best friend; and in the collection’s title story, a man setting down roots in downtown L.A. is haunted by the specter of both gentrification and a young female tourist, whose body was found in the water tower of a neighboring building.
With deep insight into character, intimate relationships, and the modern search for personal freedom, In the Not Quite Dark is powerful new work that feels both urgent and timeless.(Publisher). Very good. Item #6633
ISBN: 9781619027329
Price: $15.00