EAN: 9780241992661

ASSEMBLY - NATASHA BROWN KARTONIERT (TB)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022   SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021  SHORTLISTED
FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2022   SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION
AWARD 2021   SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2022   LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT
PRIZE 2022  'Diamond-sharp  timely and urgent' Observer   Best Debuts of 2021  'Subtle  elegant
scorching' Vogue   'Virtuosic  exquisite  achingly unique' Guardian    'I'm full of the hope 
on reading it  that this is the kind of book that doesn't just mark the moment things change 
but also makes that change possible' Ali Smith    'Exquisite  daring  utterly captivating. A
stunning new writer' Bernardine Evaristo   Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a
hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge  get an education 
start a career. Do all the right things . Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But
above all  keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going.  The narrator of Assembly is a
Black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family
estate  set deep in the English countryside. At the same time  she is considering the carefully
assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons  she can't escape
the question: is it time to take it all apart?   'One of the most talked-about debuts of the
year . . . You'll read it in one sitting' Sunday Times Style   ' Expertly crafted  remarkable 
astonishing... A literary debut with flavours of Jordan Peele's Get Out' Bookseller  Editor's
Choice   'Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway meets Citizen by Claudia Rankine... As breathtakingly
graceful as it is mercilessly true' Olivia Sudjic    'Bold and original  with a cool
intelligence  and so very truthful about the colonialist structure of British society' Diana
Evans    'This marvel of a novel manages to say all there is to say about Britain today'
Sabrina Mahfouz

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