Título: We Cast a Shadow: A Novel
Autor: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Sinopse: “An incisive and necessary” (Roxane Gay) debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, about a father’s obsessive quest to protect his son—even if it means turning him white “Stunning and audacious . . . at once a pitch-black comedy, a chilling horror story and an endlessly perceptive novel about the possible future of race in America.”—NPR “You can be beautiful, even more beautiful than before.” This is the seductive promise of Dr. Nzinga’s clinic, where anyone can get their lips thinned, their skin bleached, and their nose narrowed. A complete demelanization will liberate you from the confines of being born in a black body—if you can afford it. In this near-future Southern city plagued by fenced-in ghettos and police violence, more and more residents are turning to this experimental medical procedure. Like any father, our narrator just wants the best for his son, Nigel, a biracial boy whose black birthmark is getting bigger by the day. The darker Nigel becomes, the more frightened his father feels. But how far will he go to protect his son? And will he destroy his family in the process? This electrifying, hallucinatory novel is at once a keen satire of surviving racism in America and a profoundly moving family story. At its center is a father who just wants his son to thrive in a broken world. Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s work evokes the clear vision of Ralph Ellison, the dizzying menace of Franz Kafka, and the crackling prose of Vladimir Nabokov. We Cast a Shadow fearlessly shines a light on the violence we inherit, and on the desperate things we do for the ones we love.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “We Cast a Shadow: A Novel”, de Maurice Carlos Ruffin, publicado pela editora One World, em 2019 e com 336 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: One World
Páginas: 336
Ano: 2019
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Linguagem: pt_BR
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ISBN13: 9780525509066
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora One World exploram narrativas que transitam entre histórias pessoais intensas e análises profundas de contextos sociais complexos. O catálogo apresenta obras que combinam relatos de trajetórias individuais marcadas por desafios e transformações com reflexões sobre temas como racismo, poder, identidade e resistência. A linguagem varia do lírico e poético ao didático e manifesto, oferecendo tanto experiências de leitura imersivas quanto abordagens que convidam à reflexão crítica. O tom pode ser tanto íntimo e emocional quanto urgente e político, com ritmo que ora privilegia a fluidez narrativa, ora a densidade argumentativa.
