Slapboxing with Jesus by Victor Lavalle

Slapboxing with Jesus by Victor Lavalle

Twelve original and interconnected stories in the traditions of Junot D az and Sherman Alexie. Victor D. LaValle's astonishing, violent, and funny debut offers harrowing glimpses at the vulnerable lives of young people who struggle not only to come of age, but to survive the city streets.

In ancient history, two best friends graduating from high school fight to be the one to leave first for a better world; each one wants to be the fortunate son. In pops, an African-American boy meets his father, a white cop from Connecticut, and tries not to care. And in kids on colden street, a boy is momentarily uplifted by the arrival of a younger sister only to discover that brutality leads only to brutality in the natural order of things.

Written with raw candor, grit, and a cautious heart, slapboxing with jesus introduces an exciting and bold new craftsman of contemporary fiction. LaValle's voices echo long after their stories are told.

Victor LaValle is the award-winning author of The Ecstatic and Big Machine, as well as Slapboxing with Jesus, a collection of short stories. In 2010, Big Machine won an American Book Award and the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, and Publishers Weekly named it one of the greatest books of the year. He lives in New York and teaches writing at Columbia University.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780375705908
ISBN 10	0375705902
Title	Slapboxing with Jesus
Author	Victor Lavalle
Series	Vintage Contemporaries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1999-10-05
Number of pages	224
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