Hillary Jordan

In the future, abortion has become a crime as a series of events threatens the existence of the United States. One woman wakes up to discover that her skin color has been changed to red as punishment for having the procedure done. Now she must embark on a dangerous journey in order to find refuge from a hostile and threatening society.

A Novel

When She Woke

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

27 Authors. 27 Stories. No Names Attached. A bold collection of stories about sex that leaves you guessing who wrote what. Bestselling novelists Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan present an elegant, international anthology of erotica that explores the diverse spectrum of desire, written by winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, PEN Awards, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Edgar Award, and more. There are stories of sexual obsession and sexual love, of domination and submission. There’s revenge sex, unrequited sex, funny sex, tortured sex, fairy tale sex, and even sex in the afterlife. While the authors are listed in alphabetical order at the beginning of the book, none of the stories are attributed, providing readers with a glimpse into an uninhibited landscape of sexuality as explored by twenty-seven of today’s finest authors. Featuring Robert Olen Butler, Catherine Chung, Trent Dalton, Heidi W. Durrow, Tony Eprile, Louise Erdrich, Jamie Ford, Julia Glass, Peter Godwin, Hillary Jordan, Rebecca Makkai, Valerie Martin, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Téa Obreht, Helen Oyeyemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Victoria Redel, Jason Reynolds, S.J. Rozan, Meredith Talusan, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Jeet Thayil, Paul Theroux, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Edmund White.

Anonymous Sex

Ozlem Yuksel

roman

Uyandiginda

This prize-winning novel is storytelling at the height of its powers: the ache of wrongs not yet made right, the fierce attendance of history made real (Barbara Kingsolver), as men and women from two families become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale.

Mudbound

Twenty-seven well-known writers, their imaginations unleashed by anonymity...

Hannah Payne's life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a nightmare: she is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes-criminals whose skin color has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime-is a new and sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. The victim, according to the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she's shared a fierce and forbidden love. When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future-where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.

“I stopped being funny the day my wife was electrocuted by her underwire bra.” So begins “Aftermirth,” a dark comedy that explores the absurdity of death through the eyes of thirty-one-year-old comedian, writer, and actor, Michael Larssen. What is horribly funny to the rest of the world is devastating to Michael, who loves his wife deeply, especially her bright, rippling, abandoned laughter, which captivated him from the first time he ever heard it. In the aftermath of her death, he loses his sense of humor, and his career along with it. Then, after two years of mourning her, he sees an article in the paper about a factory worker named Julio Santiago who fell into a giant vat of dough and was kneaded to death. For reasons Michael doesn’t understand, he decides to go to the man’s wake. There he meets and bonds with Julio’s twenty-nine-year-old daughter Elena, a law student who is reeling from her father’s unexpected and preposterous death. Three months later, she calls him out of the blue and suggests that the two of them drive to North Carolina to speak with another survivor like themselves Elena has found on the Internet. Their road trip is a darkly funny journey of healing that takes them deep into the heart of their grief and others’, and then beyond it, to a place of peace and laughter.

Aftermirth

Marcelo Mendes

“De tirar o fôlego.” – The Washington Post “Um belo romance. UMa magnífica representação da fúria e do terror do racismo.” – Publishers Weekly Um amor proibido, uma traição terrível, uma agressão selvagem. UM romance de força impressionante, que nos faz mergulhar nas contradições do Mississippi pós-Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ao descobrir que o marido, Henry, acaba de comprar uma fazenda de algodão no Sul dos Estados Unidos, Laura McAllan, uma típica mulher da cidade, compreende que nunca mais será feliz. APesar disso, ela se esforça para criar as filhas num lugar inóspito, sob os olhos vigilantes e cruéis de seu sogro. Enquanto os McAllans lutam para fazer prosperar uma terra infértil, dois bravos e condecorados soldados retornam do front e alteram para sempre a dinâmica não só da fazenda, mas da própria cidade. JAmie, o jovem e sedutor irmão de Henry, faz Laura de repente renascer para a vida, enquanto Ronsel, filho dos arrendatários negros que trabalham para Henry, demonstra uma altivez que não será aceita facilmente pelos brancos da região. De fato, quando os jovens ex-combatentes se tornam amigos, sua improvável relação desperta sentimentos violentos nos habitantes e uma nova e impiedosa batalha tem início na vida de todos. Alternando a narrativa entre vários pontos de vista, este premiado romance oferece ao leitor diferentes versões dos acontecimentos. OS personagens, lutando por sentimentos de amor e honra num lugar e época brutais, se veem dentro de uma tragédia de enormes proporções e encontram redenção onde menos esperam.

Mudbound – Lágrimas Sobre O Mississippi

"27 Authors. 27 Stories. No Names Attached. A bold collection of stories about sex that leaves you guessing who wrote what. Bestselling novelists Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan present an elegant, international anthology of erotica that explores the diverse spectrum of desire, written by winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, PEN Awards, the Women's Prize for Fiction, Edgar Award, and more. There are stories of sexual obsession and sexual love, of domination and submission. There's revenge sex, unrequited sex, funny sex, tortured sex, fairy tale sex, and even sex in the afterlife. While the authors are listed in alphabetical order at the beginning of the book, none of the stories are attributed, providing readers with a glimpse into an uninhibited landscape of sexuality as explored by twenty-seven of today's finest authors. Featuring Robert Olen Butler, Catherine Chung, Trent Dalton, Heidi W. Durrow, Tony Eprile, Louise Erdrich, Jamie Ford, Julia Glass, Peter Godwin, Hillary Jordan, Rebecca Makkai, Valerie Martin, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Téa Obreht, Helen Oyeyemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Victoria Redel, Jason Reynolds, S.J. Rozan, Meredith Talusan, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Jeet Thayil, Paul Theroux, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Edmund White"--

Mississippi, 1946: Laura McAllan ist ihrem Ehemann zuliebe aufs Land gezogen, der als Farmer einer Baumwollplantage Fuß fassen will. Doch ihr ist die Umgebung fremd, und auf Mudbound gibt es weder fließendes Wasser noch Strom. Unterstützung erhalten die McAllans durch die Jacksons, ihre afroamerikanischen Pächter. Die aufgeweckte Florence Jackson hilft Laura, wo sie nur kann. Aber auch wenn der Alltag sie an ihre Grenzen treibt und sie für gewöhnlich nicht auf den Mund gefallen ist, würde sie es nicht wagen, ihre Stimme zu erheben und Missstände anzumahnen. In diese angespannte Situation geraten zwei junge Kriegsheimkehrer: Florences Sohn Ronsel und Lauras Schwager Jamie. Deren Freundschaft wird zu einer Herausforderung für beide Familien, und so lassen Missgunst und Ausgrenzung die Stimmung bald kippen ...

Roman

Mudbound – Die Tränen von Mississippi

"De tirar o fôlego." – The Washington Post "Um belo romance. Uma magnífica representação da fúria e do terror do racismo." – Publishers Weekly "Com uma narrativa autêntica, Jordan fala sobre as feridas da desigualdade racial que talvez jamais cicatrizem totalmente, em uma história pungente que nos faz pensar sobre como a vida e as motivações dos personagens poderiam ter sido diferentes." – Sun Herald Ao descobrir que o marido, Henry, acaba de comprar uma fazenda de algodão no Sul dos Estados Unidos, Laura McAllan, uma típica mulher da cidade, compreende que nunca mais será feliz. Apesar disso, ela se esforça para criar as filhas num lugar inóspito, sob os olhos vigilantes e cruéis de seu sogro. Enquanto os McAllans lutam para prosperar numa terra infértil, dois bravos e condecorados soldados retornam do front e alteram para sempre a dinâmica não só da fazenda, mas da própria cidade. Jamie, o jovem e sedutor irmão de Henry, faz Laura de repente renascer para a vida, enquanto Ronsel, filho dos arrendatários negros que trabalham para Henry, demonstra uma altivez que não será aceita facilmente pelos brancos da região. De fato, quando os jovens ex-combatentes se tornam amigos, sua improvável relação desperta sentimentos violentos nos habitantes e uma nova e impiedosa batalha tem início na vida de todos. Alternando a narrativa entre vários pontos de vista, este premiado romance oferece ao leitor diferentes versões dos acontecimentos. Os personagens, lutando por sentimentos de amor e honra num lugar e época brutais, se veem dentro de uma tragédia de enormes proporções e encontram redenção onde menos esperam.

Mudbound – Lágrimas sobre o Mississippi

Includes reader's guide, author interview and an excerpt from "When she woke."

Mudbound (Movie Tie-In)

"As the McAllans are being tested in every way, two celebrated soldiers of World War II return home to help work the farm. Jamie McAllan is everything his older brother Henry is not: charming, handsome, and sensitive to Laura's plight, but also haunted by his memories of combat. Ronsel Jackson, eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the McAllan farm, comes home from fighting the Nazis with the shine of a war hero, only to face far more personal - and dangerous - battles against the ingrained bigotry of his own countrymen. It is the unlikely friendship of these two brothers-in-arms, and the passions they arouse in others, that drive this debut novel. Mudbound reveals how everyone becomes a player in a tragedy on the grandest scale, even as they strive for love and honor."--BOOK JACKET.

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