Título: The Survivalists: A Novel
Autor: Kashana Cauley
Sinopse: Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
A Phenomenal Book Club Pick
“A great and engrossing read, Kashana humanizes a way of life that is often made fun of and makes the reader understand why someone would go to such great lengths to prepare for the future, so much so she almost sold me on those Life Preserver soy bars!” —Trevor Noah
A single Black lawyer puts her career and personal moral code at risk when she moves in with her coffee entrepreneur boyfriend and his doomsday-prepping roommates in a novel that's packed with tension, curiosity, humor, and wit from a writer with serious comedy credentials
In the wake of her parents’ death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life—success—until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane Sandy-traumatized, illegal-gun-stockpiling, optimized-soy-protein-eating, bunker-building roommates, Aretha finds that her dreams of making partner are slipping away, replaced by an underground world, one of selling guns and training for a doomsday that’s maybe just around the corner.
For readers of Victor LaValle’s The Changeling, Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, and Zakiya Harris’s The Other Black Girl, The Survivalists is a darkly humorous novel from a smart and relevant new literary voice that's packed with tension, curiosity and wit, and unafraid to ask the questions most relevant to a new generation of Americans: Does it make sense to climb the corporate ladder? What exactly are the politics of gun ownership? And in a world where it’s nearly impossible for young people to earn enough money to afford stable housing, what does it take in order to survive?
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Survivalists: A Novel”, de Kashana Cauley, publicado pela editora Soft Skull, em 2023 e com 288 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Soft Skull
Páginas: 288
Ano: 2023-01-10
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1593767277
ISBN13: 9781593767273
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Soft Skull costumam oferecer experiências de leitura que mesclam o inquietante com o poético, explorando identidades fragmentadas, memórias pessoais e críticas sociais profundas. Muitas obras se apoiam em narrativas que atravessam o real e o fantástico, como investigações conspiratórias que se entrelaçam com elementos culturais e históricos, ou relatos que desconstroem privilégios raciais e estruturas institucionais. O tom varia entre o intimista e o incisivo, frequentemente com uma prosa que convida à reflexão sobre temas como classe social, violência simbólica e a complexidade das relações humanas. O catálogo revela uma atenção especial a personagens em processo de autoconhecimento, seja em contextos urbanos contemporâneos ou em universos que misturam o cotidiano com o surreal.
