"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 0143131036-11-28856088
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. New with remainder mark. Multiple copies are available. Buy multiples from our store to save on shipping. Seller Inventory # 2007290401
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780143131038
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # DADAX0143131036
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 28881819-n
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0143131036
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0143131036xvz189zvxnew
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0143131036-new
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. America is broken. You don't need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit any city and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself. And inequality is not just an urban problem. From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable gulfs. Whether the cause of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it not only endangers the American Dream but our very lives.In Tales of Two Americas, thirty four of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to account for what it feels like to live in this divided nation. In Idaho, Anthony Doerr returns home and discovers a stranger asleep in his driveway; in Los Angeles, Hector Tobar reports on the gang shooting of a young boy his own son's age; in San Francisco, Rebecca Solnit devastatingly recounts how gentrification led to the death of a young man; and in New York, Joyce Carol Oates tells the story of an older white woman's visit to a Black Lives Matter protest at a Baptist church.In these extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems, the brilliant minds of Edwidge Danticat, Roxane Gay, Eula Biss and others traverse the fault lines that separate rich and poor, black and white, native and undocumented to recast the story of America in their words. This fiction and reportage also suggests that the solution to our problems may exist in the space between us. From Karen Russell's imagining that the cure for the homeless epidemic might be an epidemic of generosity, to Ann Patchett's memory of an exemplary priest who lived by the imperative to "Love your neighbor," Tales of Two Americas demonstrates how boundaries can break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches us all.Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine life in a deeply divided America-including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many moreAmerica is broken. You don't need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself. From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only the American Dream but our very lives.InTales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many people. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780143131038
Book Description Condition: New. pp. 352. Seller Inventory # 26375619416