The World Doesn't Require You Stories

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Publisher's Synopsis

Set in the mythical Cross River, Maryland, The World Doesn't Require You heralds "a major unique literary talent" (Entertainment Weekly). Established by the leaders of America's only successful slave revolt in the mid-nineteenth century, the town still evokes the rhythms of its founding. With lyrical prose and singular dialect, Rion Amilcar Scott pens a saga that echoes the fables carried down for generations-like the screecher birds who swoop down for their periodic sacrifice, and the water women who lure men to wet death.

Among its residents-wildly spanning decades, perspectives, and species-are David Sherman, a struggling musician who just happens to be God's last son; Tyrone, a ruthless, yet charismatic Ph.D. candidate, whose dissertation about a childhood game ignites mayhem in the neighboring, once-segregated town of Port Yooga; and Jim, an all-too-obedient robot who obeys his Master. Culminating with an explosive novella, The World Doesn't Require You is a "leap into a blazing new level of brilliance" (Lauren Groff) that affirms Rion Amilcar Scott as a writer whose storytelling gifts the world very much requires.

Book information

ISBN: 9781631497889
Publisher: Liveright
Imprint: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 247g
Height: 211mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 23mm