Each of his tales is to be savoured each concept has the depth of a novel. a magical delight. Thankfully, Garricks is a supreme storyteller, and he manages to take us on an absorbing tour of joy and loss. It’s a compelling format with little margin for error and which, if executed correctly, works to magnificent effect.
"This is a beautifully woven set of short stories, each of which are inspired by a beloved pop song. Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in life’s soundtrack." - Booklist (starred review) "A dozen interlinked, music-oriented stories set in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where Garricks was raised. Infused with the author’s resonant and evocative storytelling, each page holds “the depth of a novel” (Hari Kunzru) a character, a moment that will-like a favorite song-long linger in the heart and mind. There is the teenage wannabe-DJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apart-who reappears many years later as an unhappy middle-aged man drunk-calling his ex-wife a man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother three friends who ponder penis captivus and one’s peculiar erectile dysfunction a troubled woman who tries to find her peace-place in the world, helped by a headful of songs and a pot of ginger tea. It is also Chimeka Garricks’s love letter to his native city, Port Harcourt, introducing us to a cast of indelible characters in these loosely interlocked tales.
”-Hari Kunzru, author of White TearsĪ Broken People’s Playlist is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve music-inspired tales about love, the human condition, micro-moments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in life’s soundtrack." - Booklist, starred review
0 kommentar(er)
