Sinking Bell by Bojan Louis
Winner of a Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award An NPR Best Book of 2022 An ex-con hired to fix up a school bus for a couple living off the grid in the desert finds himself in the middle of their tattered relationship. An electrician's plan to take his young nephew on a hike in the mountains, as a break from the motel room where they live, goes awry thanks to an untrustworthy new coworker. A night custodian makes the mistake of revealing too much about his work at a medical research facility to a girl who shares his passion for death metal. A relapsing addict struggles to square his desire for a White woman he meets in a writing class with family expectations and traditions. Set in and around Flagstaff, the stories in Sinking Bell depict violent collisions of love, cultures, and racism. In his gritty and searching fiction debut, Bojan Louis draws empathetic portraits of day laborers, metalheads, motel managers, aspiring writers and musicians, construction workers, people passing through with the hope of something better somewhere else. His characters strain to temper predatory or self-destructive impulses; they raise families, choose families, and abandon families; they endeavor to end cycles of abuse and remake themselves anew.
“Louis captures the beautiful truths of his characters’ lives without surrendering a condemnation of the colonialist history that has subjugated them” Los Angeles Review of Books;“Louis’s prose carries his poetic sensibility with a decided rhythm and resonant detail, and the narrators achingly convey their outsider status. The result is immersive and powerful.” Publishers Weekly;“Louis captures the fundamental conflicts that exist across non-urban America.” Porter House Books;"These are discomforting and honest tales about people struggling to keep themselves and their families together, moving in and out of poverty, and facing racism at every turn. They are powerful, unflinching stories of truth and reality that will affect you on the deepest level." Books and Bao; "This will no doubt be right up there for read of the year. A fascinating collection of short stories told from various points of view of the Navajo community" Book the Ticket
Bojan Louis is Dine of the Naakai dine'e, born for the Ashiihi. He is the author of Sinking Bell: Stories and a book of poetry, Currents, which received an American Book Award. He has been a resident at MacDowell. He teaches creative writing at the University of Arizona.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781915368546 |
| ISBN 10 | 1915368545 |
| Title | Sinking Bell |
| Author | Bojan Louis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cinder House |
| Year published | 2024-02-22 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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