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Lost in the City
A Literary Fiction Short Story Collection by Edward P Jones
Subgenres:
- Short Stories,
- African American Fiction,
- Washington, D.C.
This book is for you if you're into...
- Washington D.C. stories far from monuments and politicians
- Poignant portraits of African American community bonds and resilience
Fourteen poignant stories depicting African American life in Washington, D.C., by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Known World.
The nation's capital that serves as the setting for the stories in Edward P. Jones's prize-winning collection, Lost in the City, lies far from the city of historic monuments and national politicians.
Jones takes the reader beyond that world into the lives of African American men and women who work against the constant threat of loss to maintain a sense of hope.
From "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons" to the well-to-do career woman awakened in the night by a phone call that will take her on a journey back to the past, the characters in these stories forge bonds of community as they struggle against the limits of their city to stave off the loss of family, friends, memories, and, ultimately, themselves.
Critically acclaimed upon publication, Lost in the City introduced Jones as an undeniable talent, a writer whose unaffected style is not only evocative and forceful but also filled with insight and poignancy.
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The Known World
2003
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