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What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Literary Fiction
What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year
by Lesley Nneka Arimah
—· 240 p· 2017
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"A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of…
Pages
240
Riverhead Books
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
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Reader feel
Prose
9
Emotional depth
9
Short Story Craft
9
Narration
8
Mythic Symbolism
8
Worldbuilding
7
Pacing
7
Plot twists
6
My journey
My experience
private
Status
Unread
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DNF
Finished
My rating
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Books like What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year
What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Literary Fiction
What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year
by Lesley Nneka Arimah
— · —· 240 pages· 2017
reflectivehauntingdark
"A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of…
Pages
240
Riverhead Books
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
—
Prose
9
Emotional depth
9
Short Story Craft
9
Narration
8
Mythic Symbolism
8
Worldbuilding
7
Pacing
7
Plot twists
6
My journey
Status
Unread
Started
DNF
Finished
My rating
Burndown
Reading days
Notes
your reading journal
Books like What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year