If I Survive You

Quel est le sujet du livre "If I Survive You"

*LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE* 'Kaleidoscopic, urgent, hilarious' MARLON JAMES 'An absolute delight' DIANA EVANS 'A talent to watch' OBSERVER 'Superb' PERCIVAL EVERETT 'A compelling hurricane of a book' ANN PATCHETT A major debut that follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew. 1979. Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston.

But they soon learn that the welcome in America is far from warm. Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society which regards his racial ambiguity with suspicion, while their eldest son, Delano, becomes ever more reckless in his longing for a better future. As the brothers battle the many obstacles in their path - an unreliable father, racism, a financial crisis and Hurricane Andrew - they find themselves increasingly pitted against each other.

Will their rivalry be the thing that finally tears their family apart? *LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION* 'A debut so brilliant it stopped me in my tracks ... Astonishing' I NEWSPAPER 'Utterly unstoppable ... a book that you simply do not want to end' IRISH TIMES 'A commanding debut from a talent to watch' OBSERVER 'Sings with authenticity and heart' ANOTHER 'Astonishingly compact and engaging ...

Dazzling' JOYCE CAROL OATES A most anticipated Book of 2023 in AnOther Magazine, Huffington Post UK and i Newspaper

Books with known authors are imported from Amazon to this profile. Please do not merge this profile into Unknown.