{"product_id":"world-doesnt-require-you-stories","title":"World Doesn't Require You: Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWorld Doesn't Require You: Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Composer: \u003c\/b\u003eRion Amilcar Scott\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e9781631495380\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eLiveright\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eDisc, case and artwork in excellent condition with little sign of use. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablished by the leaders of the country's only successful slave revolt in the mid-nineteenth century, Cross River still evokes the fierce rhythms of its founding. In lyrical prose and singular dialect, a saga beats forward that echoes the fables carried down for generations--like the screecher birds who swoop down for their periodic sacrifice, and the water women who lure men to wet deaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong its residents--wildly spanning decades, perspectives, and species--are David Sherman, a struggling musician who just happens to be God's last son; Tyrone, a ruthless PhD candidate, whose dissertation about a childhood game ignites mayhem in the neighboring, once-segregated town of Port Yooga; and Jim, an all-too-obedient robot who serves his Master. As the book builds to its finish with Special Topics in Loneliness Studies, a fully-realized novella, two unhinged professors grapple with hugely different ambitions, and the reader comes to appreciate the intricacy of the world Scott has created--one where fantasy and reality are eternally at war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary and essential, \u003cem\u003eThe World Doesn't Require You\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"leap into a blazing new level of brilliance\" (Lauren Groff) that affirms Rion Amilcar Scott as a writer whose storytelling gifts the world very much requires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Liveright","offers":[{"title":"World Doesn't Require You: Stories | Rion Amilcar Scott | Hardcover | 9781631495380 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1748455","offer_id":48856104272024,"sku":"1748455","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71L5bIOlIXL.jpg?v=1775575536","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/world-doesnt-require-you-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}