top of page

The Office Of Historical Corrections: A Novella And Stories by Danielle Evans

 

An O, the Oprah Magazine Best Book of 2020

 

The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history.

The Office Of Historical Corrections: A Novella And Stories by Danielle Evans

C$38.00Price
  • Hardcover

     

    Condition: New

     

    Publishing Info: Penguin Publishing Group, 2020

    ISBN: 9781594487330

     

    A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year


     
    An O, the Oprah Magazine Best Book of 2020


     
    One of the New Yorker Book Critic's Favourite Fiction of the Year

     

    The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history.



    Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters’ lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief—all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history—about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight.


    In “Boys Go to Jupiter,” a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a Confederate-flag bikini goes viral. In “Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain,” a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend’s unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington, DC, is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.

     

    New arrivals on shop books

     

    Also available via my Amazon associates link

Product Page: Stores Product Widget

You may also enjoy

bottom of page