Rivers Solomon schrijft over het leven aan de rand, een plek waar ze zich het meest thuis voelen. Hun werk duikt in thema's als identiteit, gemeenschap en overleving in marginale ruimtes. Solomon's proza is scherpzinnig en suggestief, vaak duikend in de diepten van de menselijke psyche en maatschappelijke structuren. Door hun verhalen onthullen ze de kwetsbaarheid en veerkracht van degenen die vaak over het hoofd worden gezien.
Presenting four plays, this work includes Toast where seven men come together to bake enough bread to feed the population of Hull. It also features Honeymoon Suite that deals with love, and middle manager Stephen England (Mr England).
Focusing on a haunted house and the emotional turmoil of its inhabitants, the narrative reveals deep family secrets intertwined with themes of love and hope. The story explores the complexities of human relationships and the impact of the past on the present, all while maintaining an unpredictable and intense atmosphere. Rivers Solomon's exceptional writing brings depth to this unique exploration of both the supernatural and the human experience.
A breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler.
Octavia E. Butler meets Marvel’s Black Panther in The Deep, a story rich with Afrofuturism, folklore, and the power of memory, inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group Clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly is forgotten by everyone, save one—the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities—and discovers a world her people left behind long ago. Yetu will learn more than she ever expected about her own past—and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they’ll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity—and own who they really are. The Deep is “a tour de force reorientation of the storytelling gaze…a superb, multilayered work,” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and a vividly original and uniquely affecting story inspired by a song produced by the rap group Clipping.
"A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is gorgeous." Roxanne Gay "Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying." Independent "An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction." Guardian. "Epic!" Observer Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, who gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong - not with them, but with her own body. It's changing, it's itching, it's stronger, it's... not normal. Sorrowland is a memorable work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangled history of racism in America, by the end Vern learns that monsters aren't just individuals, but entire histories, systems, and nations.