{"product_id":"the-world-doesnt-require-you-rion-amilcar-scott-9781631495380","title":"The World Doesn't Require You: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEstablished by the leaders of the country's only successful slave revolt in the mid-nineteenth century, Cross River still evokes the fierce rhythms of its founding. In lyrical prose and singular dialect, a saga beats forward that echoes the fables carried down for generations--like the screecher birds who swoop down for their periodic sacrifice, and the water women who lure men to wet deaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong its residents--wildly spanning decades, perspectives, and species--are David Sherman, a struggling musician who just happens to be God's last son; Tyrone, a ruthless PhD candidate, whose dissertation about a childhood game ignites mayhem in the neighboring, once-segregated town of Port Yooga; and Jim, an all-too-obedient robot who serves his Master. As the book builds to its finish with Special Topics in Loneliness Studies, a fully-realized novella, two unhinged professors grapple with hugely different ambitions, and the reader comes to appreciate the intricacy of the world Scott has created--one where fantasy and reality are eternally at war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary and essential, \u003cem\u003eThe World Doesn't Require You\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"leap into a blazing new level of brilliance\" (Lauren Groff) that affirms Rion Amilcar Scott as a writer whose storytelling gifts the world very much requires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rion Amilcar Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631495380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631495380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2019 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/16\/2019 pg. 1","brand":"Rion Amilcar Scott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989417885951,"sku":"9781631495380","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e04620aa-5daa-46c0-9536-47bfa6c956a6.jpg?v=1683299383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-doesnt-require-you-rion-amilcar-scott-9781631495380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}