Chimeka Garricks

A Broken People's Playlist

Stories (from Songs)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A dozen interlinked, music-oriented stories set in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where Garricks was raised... Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in life's soundtrack."-Booklist, starred review"Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight."-Hari Kunzru, author of White TearsA Broken People's Playlist is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve music-inspired tales about love, the human condition, micro-moments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. It is also Chimeka Garricks's love letter to his native city, Port Harcourt, introducing us to a cast of indelible characters in these loosely interlocked tales. There is the teenage wannabe-DJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apart-who reappears many years later as an unhappy middle-aged man drunk-calling his ex-wife; a man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother; three friends who ponder penis captivus and one's peculiar erectile dysfunction; a troubled woman who tries to find her peace-place in the world, helped by a headful of songs and a pot of ginger tea. Infused with the author's resonant and evocative storytelling, each page holds "the depth of a novel" (Hari Kunzru); a character, a moment that will-like a favorite song-long linger in the heart and mind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 135mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 170g
• ISBN-13: 9780063268197
• ISBN-10: 0063268191
• Artikelnr.: 69303805

Autorenporträt

Chimeka Garricks is a Nigerian-Irish writer, editor, screenwriter, and script doctor. His work includes a collection of short stories, A Broken People’s Playlist, a novel, and a script in development. He lives in the United Kingdom.