6/3/2023 0 Comments Assembly natasha![]() ![]() Dalloway meets Citizen by Claudia Rankine. According to this novel, that might not be such a bad thing. ![]() School assembly: one of the many great traditions to be upended by the pandemic. A literary debut with flavours of Jordan Peele's Get Out' Bookseller, Editor's Choice 2019 London Writers Award winner Natasha Brown. 'Expertly crafted, remarkable, astonishing. You'll read it in one sitting' Sunday Times Style 'One of the most talked-about debuts of the year. A stunning new writer' Bernardine Evaristo 'I'm full of the hope, on reading it, that this is the kind of book that doesn't just mark the moment things change, but also makes that change possible' Ali Smith 'Diamond-sharp, timely and urgent' Observer, Best Debuts of 2021 As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart? At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. The narrator of Assembly is a Black British woman. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. ![]()
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