{"product_id":"neighbors-and-other-stories-diane-oliver-9780802161314","title":"Neighbors and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful place in the canon, Oliver's insightful stories reverberate into the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's the nightmarish \"The Closet on the Top Floor\" in which Winifred, the first Black student at her newly integrated college, starts to physically disappear; \"Mint Juleps not Served Here\" where a couple living deep in a forest with their son go to bloody lengths to protect him; \"Spiders Cry without Tears,\" in which a couple, Meg and Walt, are confronted by prejudices and strains of interracial and extramarital love; and the high tension titular story that follows a nervous older sister the night before her little brother is set to desegregate his school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are incisive and intimate portraits of African American families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments. As much a social and historical document as it is a taut, engrossing collection, \u003cem\u003eNeighbors \u003c\/em\u003eis an exceptional literary feat from a crucial once-lost figure of letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802161316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802161314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.51w x 1.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 25","brand":"Diane Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44227650224383,"sku":"9780802161314","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f6e1582-4bf5-4097-adbc-be2159fae15c.jpg?v=1692809857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neighbors-and-other-stories-diane-oliver-9780802161314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}