{"product_id":"the-furrows-paperback","title":"The Furrows - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNamwali Serpell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year - Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award - One of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times' \u003c\/i\u003eTen Best Books of the Year - Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A triumph.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most celebrated new voices in American literature, a brilliantly inventive and \"enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about the eternal bonds of family and the mysteries of love and loss--\"already earning its author comparisons to Toni Morrison\" (\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, Time, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Esquire, Vulture, Ms. Magazine, Vox, Mental Floss, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't want to tell you what happened. I want to tell you how it felt.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCassandra Williams is twelve; her little brother, Wayne, is seven. One day, when they're alone together, there is an accident and Wayne is lost forever. His body is never recovered. The missing boy cleaves the family with doubt. Their father leaves, starts another family elsewhere. But their mother can't give up hope and launches an organization dedicated to missing children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs C grows older, she sees her brother everywhere: in bistros, airplane aisles, subway cars. Here is her brother's face, the light in his eyes, the way he seems to recognize her, too. But it can't be, of course. Or can it? Then one day, in another accident, C meets a man both mysterious and familiar, a man who is also searching for someone and for his own place in the world. His name is Wayne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamwali Serpell's remarkable new novel captures the uncanny experience of grief, the way the past breaks over the present like waves in the sea. \u003ci\u003eThe Furrows \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold exploration of memory and mourning that twists unexpectedly into a story of mistaken identity, double consciousness, and the wishful--and sometimes willful--longing for reunion with those we've lost.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamwali Serpell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lusaka and lives in New York. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Drift, \u003c\/i\u003ewon an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Furrows, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and was selected as one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eTen Best Books of the Year. Her book of essays, \u003ci\u003eStranger Faces, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. She is a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, the Caine Prize for African Writing, and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Award. She is a professor of English at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43488805159001,"sku":"9780593448939","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/9laBW6k4639780593448939.webp?v=1782946621","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/products\/the-furrows-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}