Raven Leilani

«La novela que por fin explica qué es ser joven hoy. Una escritora absolutamente brutal.» Zadie SmithEdie, una joven afroamericana de 23 años, tiene una aventura con Eric, un hombre blanco casado de

Edie is just trying to survive. Shes messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all the wrong men, and has failed at the only thing that meant anything to her, painting. No one seems to care that she doesnt really know what shes doing with her life beyond looking for her next hook-up. And then she meets Eric, a white, middle-aged archivist with a suburban family, including a wife who has sort-of-agreed to an open marriage and an adopted black daughter who doesnt have a single person in her life who can show her how to do her hair. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscape of sexual and racial politics as a young black woman wasnt already hard enough, with nowhere else left to go, Edie finds herself falling head-first into Erics home and family.Razor sharp, provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender, Luster by Raven Leilani is a painfully funny debut about what it means to be young now.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA New York Times Notable Book of the YearWINNER of the NBCC John Leonard Prize, the Kirkus Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardOne of Barack Obamas Favorite Books of 2020 A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, The New York Times Book Review, O Magazine, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Shondaland, Boston Globe, and many more!"So delicious that it feels illicit . . . Raven Leilanias first novel reads like summer: sentences like ice that crackle or melt into a languorous drip plot suddenly, wildly flying forward like a bike down a hill." aJazmine Hughes, The New York Times Book ReviewNo one wants what no one wants.And how do we even know what we want? How do we know weare ready to take it?Edie is stumbling her way through her twentiesasharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist

Em seu romance de estreia, Raven Leilani explora o poder das relações de gênero, classe e raça por meio das angústias e descobertas da jovem Edie, que se vê imersa em uma complexa dinâmica familiar.

«La novela que por fin explica qué es ser joven hoy. Una escritora absolutamente brutal.»?Zadie Smith Libro favorito de Barack Obama y de The New Yorker. Best seller en la lista de The New York Time

A book of pure fineness, exceptional.' - Diana Evans, Guardian'A taut, sharp, funny book about being young now. It's brutal-and brilliant.' - Zadie SmithWinner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2021Longlisted for the Women's Prize For Fiction 2021 Edie is just trying to survive. She's messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all the wrong men, and has failed at the only thing that meant anything to her, painting.No one seems to care that she doesn't really know what she's doing with her life beyond looking for her next hook-up. And then she meets Eric, a white middle-aged archivist with a suburban family, including a wife who has sort-of-agreed to an open marriage and an adopted black daughter who doesn't have a single person in her life who can show her how to do her hair. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscape of sexual and racial politics as a young black woman wasn't already hard enough, with nowhere else left to go, Edie finds herself falling head-first into Eric's home and family.