| 词条 | Friday Black |
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| name = Friday Black | image =Friday Black book cover.jpg | caption = | alt = | author = Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | country = United States | series = | publisher = Mariner Books | genre = | release_date = October 23, 2018 | pages = 208 | followed_by = | isbn = 978-1-328-91124-7 | oclc = 1056493398 | language = English }} Friday Black is the 2018 debut book by author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Set in a dystopian near-future of twisted prosaic settings, the collection of short stories explores themes surrounding black identity as it relates to a range of contemporary social issues. The book enjoyed an overall positive reception, including the naming of Adjei-Brenyah as one of the "5 Under 35 Authors" for 2018, by the National Book Foundation. OverviewFriday Black takes its title from the consumer holiday Black Friday, which takes place in the US on the Friday following Thanksgiving.[1] A collection of dystopian near-future short stories, the book's titular work follows its protagonist in the form of a department store salesman, as he copes with "vicious, insatiable Black Friday shoppers," while attempting to win a sales contest among employees, in order to give the prize jacket to his mother as a gift.[1][2]Alternatively the opening piece, "The Finkelstein 5", concerns Emmanuel, who can "dial his blackness" up or down depending on his situation: down to 1.5 for an interview with a prospective employer, comfortably at 4.0 with the aid of a necktie and wing-tipped shoes, and up to 10 when his sense of vengeance bursts forth at a demonstration over the killing of five black children by a chainsaw wielding white man.[1][3] The work continues to explore a range of topics, from issues of race in the United States criminal justice system, to the plight of a teenager working to support their family after their father's disappearance, school shootings, and "a dystopian Groundhog Day in which victims of an unexplained weapon relive a single day and resort to extreme violence to cope".[2] In "Zimmer Land", the black protagonist struggles to change the narrative in a theme park where mostly white patrons savagely relish their racial prejudices under the guise of "problem-solving, judgement and justice," while "The Era" presents a post-apocalyptic landscape where self-confidence comes only through the use of drugs.[4] ThemesAdjei-Brenyah has said that as he set out to write what would eventually become his book Friday Black he sought to use a form of "magical realism" as a tool for exploring issues such as "race and the depravities of consumer culture and our collective habituation to violence."[1] Speaking to the Wall Street Journal Adjei-Brenyah reflected, I like to work in that space where, "Is it hyperbole? I don't know." When you kill someone with a gun or a chainsaw, they're just as dead either way. When I say 'chainsaw,' you have to pay attention.[5] As the New York Times observed, these narratives take place in "prosaic settings", such as malls, hospitals or residential areas, but which are rendered "unfamiliar by adding a surreal, disorienting twist," and employed in the exploration of contemporary issues such as abortion, racism, commercialism, and cyclical violence.[1] Throughout, the book variously explores the theme of black experience, in a way that works primarily to inspire "empathy for the marginalized and the feared".[11] ReceptionThe book received generally favorable reviews. The review aggregator website Book Marks reported that 80% of critics gave the book a "rave" review, while the other 20% of the critics expressed "positive" impressions, based on a sample of 15 reviews.[6] Publishers Weekly along with the New York Post listed Friday Black as one of the best books of the week.[7][8] Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post both named it among the top releases of Fall 2018.[9][10] The daily student newspaper The Harvard Crimson gave it 4.5 out of five stars, calling the book "an ingenious attack on American society."[11] Kirkus Reviews described the book as a work where "edgy humor and fierce imagery coexist ... with shrewd characterization and humane intelligence, inspired by volatile material sliced off the front pages,"[4] while Newsday praised it as "caustically inventive", with a pervasive anger communicated through "nuance, grace and a probing empathy".[12] Writer George Saunders dubbed the work as "an excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny."[13] In response to Friday Black, the National Book Foundation named Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah among their "5 Under 35 Authors" for 2018, chosen by author Colson Whitehead.[14][15] The book was included on the long list for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.[16] Friday Black is the recipient of the $75,000 2019 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award[17] and shortlisted for the 2019 Dylan Thomas Prize.[18]See also{{Portal|Books}}
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |last1=Alter |first1=Alexandra |title='Friday Black' Uses Fantasy and Blistering Satire to Skewer Racism and Consumer Culture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/books/friday-black-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah-debut-collection.html |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |publisher=The New York Times |date=October 19, 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |title=PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 22, 2018 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/78365-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-october-22-2018.html |website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate= October 22, 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web |last1=Hong |first1=Fernanda |title=Review: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah |url=http://columbiajournal.org/review-friday-black-by-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/ |website=Columbia Journal |accessdate=October 22, 2018|date=October 18, 2018}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |title=Friday Black |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/friday-black/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |accessdate=October 22, 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news |last1=Gamerman |first1=Ellen |title=In 'Friday Black,' Retail Is Bloody and the World Is Ending |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-friday-black-retail-is-bloody-and-the-world-is-ending-1540215831 |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=October 22, 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Friday Black|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/friday-black/|work=Book Marks|access-date=December 13, 2018}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |title=The best books of the week |url=https://nypost.com/2018/10/20/the-best-books-of-the-week-6/ |website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=October 22, 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news |last1=Dawson |first1=Mackenzie |title=The best books of the week |url=https://nypost.com/2018/10/20/the-best-books-of-the-week-6/ |accessdate=October 22, 2018|publisher=New York Post |date=October 20, 2018}} 9. ^{{cite news |last1=Rebolini |first1=Arianna |title=These Are The Best Books Of Fall 2018 |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ariannarebolini/best-books-fall-2018-fiction-nonfiction-poetry |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |publisher=Buzzfeed |date=August 31, 2018}} 10. ^{{cite news |last1=Fallon |first1=Claire |title=Here Are 34 Fall 2018 Books We Can't Wait To Read |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/34-fall-2018-books_us_5b89976de4b0cf7b0035cedb |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |publisher=The Huffington Post |date=September 1, 2018}} 11. ^{{cite web |last1=Bao |first1=Jenna X. |title='Friday Black:' An Ingenious Attack on American Society |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/16/friday-black-review/ |website=The Harvard Crimson |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |date=October 16, 2018}} 12. ^{{cite news |last1=Seymour |first1=Gene |title='Friday Black' review: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's stories of race, retail are audaciously topical |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/friday-black-nana-kwame-adeji-brenyah-review-1.21978178 |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |publisher=Newsday |date=October 18, 2018}} 13. ^{{cite web |title=October Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month) |url=https://themillions.com/2018/10/october-preview-the-millions-most-anticipated-this-month.html |website=The Millions |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |date=October 1, 2018}} 14. ^{{cite web |title=2018 5 Under 35 Authors Announced |url=https://themillions.com/2018/09/2018-5-under-35-authors-announced.html |website=The Millions |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |date=September 25, 2018}} 15. ^{{cite news |last1=Charles |first1=Ron |authorlink1=Ron Charles (critic) |title=The National Book Foundation singles out the five best young writers in America |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-national-book-foundation-singles-out-the-five-best-young-writers-in-america/2018/09/23/4ad15f84-bab5-11e8-bdc0-90f81cc58c5d_story.html |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |publisher=The Washington Post |date=September 24, 2018}} 16. ^{{cite web |title=Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence: Longlist 2019 |url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/longlists |website=American Library Association |accessdate=October 22, 2018}} 17. ^{{Cite web|url=https://pen.org/2019finalists/|title=Announcing the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists|date=2019-01-15|website=PEN America|access-date=2019-02-23}} 18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/04/03/131044/2019-dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist-announced/|title=2019 Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist announced|last=|first=|date=2019-04-03|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-03}} External links
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