{"product_id":"new-people-paperback","title":"New People - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanzy Senna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR\u003ci\u003e and \u003c\/i\u003eTHE ROOT\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] cutting take on race and class...part dark comedy, part surreal morality tale. Disturbing and delicious.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You'll gulp Senna's novel in a single sitting--but then mull over it for days.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCaucasia \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Colored Television\u003c\/i\u003e, a subversive and engrossing novel of race, class and manners in contemporary America. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, \"King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom.\" Their skin is the same shade of beige. They live together in a black bohemian enclave in Brooklyn, where Khalil is riding the wave of the first dot-com boom and Maria is plugging away at her dissertation, on the Jonestown massacre. They've even landed a starring role in a documentary about \"new people\" like them, who are blurring the old boundaries as a brave new era dawns. Everything Maria knows she should want lies before her\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eyet she can't stop daydreaming about another man, a poet she barely knows. As fantasy escalates to fixation, it dredges up secrets from the past and threatens to unravel not only Maria's perfect new life but her very persona. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeartbreaking and darkly comic, \u003ci\u003eNew People\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold and unfettered page-turner that challenges our every assumption about how we define one another, and ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanzy Senna\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five previous books, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eCaucasia\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eNew People\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, she teaches writing at the University of Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53601149223219,"sku":"9780399573149","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/84Hm9ltpbP9780399573149.webp?v=1783057990","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/new-people-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}