A Disjointed Search for the Will to Live |
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Author:
| N'Zinga, Shaka |
Foreword by:
| Kelley, Robin D. G. |
ISBN: | 978-1-887128-77-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
Publisher: | Counterpoint Press
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Imprint: | Soft Skull Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $13.00 |
Book Description:
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A powerful, experimental piece of fiction from a,black American male incarcerated since the age of,16, A Disjointed Search For The Will to Live is a,novel of struggle through pain and social,injustice. Beginning with surrealistic impressions,of the author's current prison environment, the,book opens into a narrative centred around the,ghettos of Baltimore, where our young narrator,describes a sometimes brutal, sometimes beautiful,childhood in urban poverty and adolescence...
More DescriptionA powerful, experimental piece of fiction from a,black American male incarcerated since the age of,16, A Disjointed Search For The Will to Live is a,novel of struggle through pain and social,injustice. Beginning with surrealistic impressions,of the author's current prison environment, the,book opens into a narrative centred around the,ghettos of Baltimore, where our young narrator,describes a sometimes brutal, sometimes beautiful,childhood in urban poverty and adolescence in,incarceration, a story driven by its subtle,seamless prose and radical politics.