How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories
Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories.
"Marvelous and wide-ranging." -- Los Angeles Times"Gorgeous" -- NPR Books"Breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold." -- Entertainment Weekly
Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.
Book At A Glance
# of Pages: 448
Book Binding: Paperback
Year of Publication: 2019
Publisher: Orbit
Language: en
ISBN: 9780316491372
Creator Bio
N. K. Jemisin is an acclaimed author known for her diverse and imaginative storytelling. Born and raised in Iowa, Jemisin studied psychology and counseling at Tulane University before pursuing a career in writing. She began her writing career with a series of fantasy novels, but gained widespread recognition with her Broken Earth trilogy, which won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel. Jemisin's works often explore themes of power, oppression, and identity, and she is known for her vivid world-building and complex characters. She continues to push the boundaries of speculative fiction with her thought-provoking and thought-provoking works.
