{"product_id":"9780008538644-witness","title":"Witness","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Brinkley’s sentences are daggers’\u003c\/strong\u003e RAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘Extraordinary … moving, compelling and virtuosic’\u003c\/strong\u003e            \u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A triumph’\u003c\/strong\u003e COLIN BARRETT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Brinkley’s sentences are daggers’\u003c\/strong\u003e RAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘Extraordinary … moving, compelling and virtuosic’\u003c\/strong\u003e            \u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A triumph’\u003c\/strong\u003e COLIN BARRETT\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eAn electric collection of stories set in contemporary New York, from the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eA Lucky Man\u003c\/em\u003e and National Book Award finalist, Jamel Brinkley.\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cem\u003eWhat does it mean to take action? To bear witness? What does it cost?\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThese stories take us into the heart of contemporary New York City and its residents’ lives. We meet children, grandmothers and even ghosts as they strive to connect, to stand up for, and to really see each other. Their relationships shape not only their own futures but those of their families and their city.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn its portraits of families and friendships, \u003cem\u003eWitness \u003c\/em\u003eenacts its own testimony. Here is a world where fortunes can be made and stolen in a generation, where strangers sometimes show kindness while those we trust—doctors, employers, siblings—too often turn away, where joy comes in snatches.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWith prose as upendingly beautiful as it is artfully crafted, Jamel Brinkley offers nothing less than the full scope of life and death and change in the great, unending drama of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘Exhilarating and impactful … Each story is a gift’ \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘A dazzling collection by a masterful storyteller’ Yiyun Li, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Goose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘Read everything this man writes, and regard the world anew’ Justin Torres, author of \u003cem\u003eWe the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘Jamel Brinkley is brilliant, the real thing, a revelation’ Garth Greenwell, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘These are stories of rare beauty and insight, that glitter with humour and hurt, written with lambent clarity and tenderness’ David Hayden, author of \u003cem\u003eDarker With the Lights On\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘There is all the involvedness and complexity of a novel in each story, which makes \u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e so abundant and wise. A brilliant writer’ Caoilinn Hughes, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘Read \u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e and allow yourself the pleasure of seeing the world as Brinkley sees it' Angela Flournoy, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Turner House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563194401142,"sku":"9780008538644","price":11.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33974834.jpg?v=1753428277","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780008538644-witness","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}