"This is a book of wonders, full of intricate beauty, and Giada Scodellaro is an extraordinary talent." -Katie Kitamura
Giada Scodellaro's debut is a fiercely original collection of stories ranging in length, style, and tone-a collage of social commentary, surrealism, recipes, folklore, art- that centers Black women in moments of imminent change. In language that is lyrical, minimal, and often absurd, the diverse stories in Some of Them Will Carry Me deconstruct intimacy while building a surprising, unnerving new reality of language, culture, consumption, and loss.
Autorentext
Giada Scodellaro is a Black writer born in Naples, Italy, and raised in the Bronx, New York. She holds an MFA from The New School. This is her first book.
Klappentext
A fiercely original debut collection centers Black women in moments of imminent change.
Giada Scodellaro's stories range in length, style, and tone-a collage of social commentary, surrealism, recipes, folklore, and art.
What brings them together is a focus on experiences of Black women in moments of dislocation, and a cinematic prose style saturated with detail: a child's legs bent upon the small bosom of their mother, three-piece suits floating in a river, a man holding a rotting banana during sex, wet cardboard, a woman walking naked through a traffic tunnel.
In language that is lyrical, minimal, and often absurd, the diverse stories in Some of Them Will Carry Me deconstruct contemporary life while building a surprising new reality of language, intimacy, and loss.