Corey Fah Does Social Mobility (English Edition)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024 A radical, joyful novel from Goldsmiths Prize-winning author Isabel Waidner In flight from a traumatic rural childhood, Corey Fah has come to earth in a one-bed council flat in the capital. Trapped, with partner Drew, in the limited world which late capitalism has allotted them, they are modestly happy but practically futureless. Until, one day, Corey is offered a life-changing prize from out of the blue. Things are looking up - but as Corey soon finds, it's one thing winning a prize in life's lottery, and quite another being able to collect it - especially if you are a queer, working class immigrant with all of History working against you. Corey Fah's pursuit of the elusive prize - and an escape from precarity - is a whirlwind, epic journey through the streets of the city and the time-loops of the past, written with boundless energy and invention. Social mobility, in this radiant, radical novel, is never a simple step up the ladder, but a hopeful leap into the void. Praise for Corey Fah Does Social Mobility: 'A head-spinning, mind-bending roller coaster of fun, horror, and subversion' Kamila Shamsie 'A radical, rebellious novel . . . [Waidner] brings a fresh lens to our troubled world' Observer [The] writer everyone is talking about . . . and deservedly so' Bernardine Evaristo 'Filled with wickedly sharp commentary and well-aimed digs at hypocrisy and injustice' Times Literary Supplement EAN: 9780241998885 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 13.06.2024 Produktform: Kartoniert Autoren: Waidner, Isabel Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 160 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Literary Keyword: working class; class; lgbt; modern fiction; fiction books; literary fiction; novels; novel; dystopia; politics; sexuality; gender; social; political; original; contemporary; ali smith; rachel cusk; oranges are not the only fruit; trans; ocean vuong; transgender; jeanette winterson; orlando; grace jones; kamila shamsie; assembly; patricia lockwood; kae tempest; maggie nelson; m john harrison; queer; little scratch; priestdaddy; in our mad and furious city; guy gunaratne; natasha brown; 12 bytes; how to be both; joe orton; journalism; americana Fachschema: Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Homosexualität (LGBTQ) / Roman, Erzählung~Gender Studies~Geschlechterforschung~Erotik / Homoerotik~Gender Studies / Homosexualität (LGBTQ)~Homosexualität (LGBTQ)~Politik / Kirche, Religion Fachkategorie: Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik~Gender Studies: Gruppen~Homosexualität, Religion und Politik Interesse Alter: Bezug zu Schwulen & Lesben Imprint-Titels: Penguin Verkauf Verboten: Text Sprache: eng Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Länge: 198 mm Breite: 129 mm Höhe: 12 mm Gewicht: 120 gr Genre: Importe