The Residue Years
from Pulitzer prize-winner Mitchell S. Jackson
$25.02
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2021
Summary
‘This novel is written with a breathtaking, exhilarating assurance and wit. Terrific’
‘A wrenchingly beautiful debut by a writer to be reckoned with’
Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighbourhood in America’s whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the ‘90s, those streets and beyond had fallen under the shadow of crack cocaine and its familiar mayhem. In his commanding autobiographical novel, Jackson writes what it was like to come of age in that time and place, wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349701370 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349701377 |
| Author: | Mitchell S. Jackson |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Dialogue Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 126mm x 26mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A sparkling debut … Jackson’s writing crackles and sparks with startling insights – Colin Grant * Observer *
Mitchell S Jackson’s traumatic debut novel is written in a heightened, lyrical prose style inspired by the local vernacular. He brings to his narrative not just first-hand experience, but a profound compassion for the deadbeat dads, neglectful mothers, pimps, whores and dealers whose chaotic, intersecting lives form the basis of the story – Press Association
About The Author
Mitchell S. Jackson
Mitchell S. Jackson was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He holds a masters in writing from Portland State University and an MFA from New York University. Jackson has received a Whiting Award and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. The Residue Years was also a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize and the Hurston Wright Legacy Award. Jackson has been awarded fellowships from TED, the Lannan Foundation and the Centre for Fiction. He teaches writing at NYU and Columbia.
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