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Bon: Un livre qui a été lu, mais qui est en bon état. La couverture présente des dommages infimes, ...
ISBN
9781501125669
Book Title
Heavy : an American Memoir
Item Length
8.4in
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Year
2019
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8in
Author
Kiese Laymon
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Social Science
Topic
Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times , Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly , Buzzfeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (Southern), Entertainment Weekly , and The New York Times Critics * In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoir--winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and finalist for the Kirkus Prize--genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon "provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against American moral rot" ( Entertainment Weekly ). In Heavy , Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. Heavy is a "gorgeous, gutting...generous" ( The New York Times ) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon's experiences with abuse. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, he asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free. "A book for people who appreciated Roxane Gay's memoir Hunger " ( Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ), Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family through years of haunting implosions and long reverberations. "You won't be able to put [this memoir] down...It is packed with reminders of how black dreams get skewed and deferred, yet are also pregnant with the possibility that a kind of redemption may lie in intimate grappling with black realities" ( The Atlantic ).

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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1501125664
ISBN-13
9781501125669
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038418602

Product Key Features

Book Title
Heavy : an American Memoir
Author
Kiese Laymon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Social Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E185.97.L394a3 2018
Reviews
"With a story that lives up to its name, this memoir explores the many complex forces at play in Laymon's life growing up as a Black man in Mississippi. Through it all, the author confronts multiple traumas with openness and love, in a book that won't leave your mind anytime soon." -- Good Housekeeping "In this harrowing and courageous memoir, Laymon explores the multifold traumas of inhabiting a black body, as seen through the lens of his complicated and abusive upbringing in Jackson, Mississippi. Yet the great miracle of this memoir isn't its evocation of the Deep South, its exploration of trauma, nor its condemnation of our fat-phobic culture--rather, the great miracle is Laymon's ability to bear love and light toward all the complicated sources of pain in his life, making for a searing and cathartic read." -- Esquire, "The most exciting kinds of memoirs are the ones that throw you into the story of a life even while encouraging you to step back and consider the art of its framing. Heavy is one of the best of the bunch. Kiese Laymon's writing about size and race, addiction and ambition in America is nothing less than thrilling -- every sentence sings." --Maris Kreizman, Vulture, 6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right Now "Laymon won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for this harrowing but tender memoir, in which he untangles his complex relationships with his mother and his Southern family roots." -- David Canfield , Entertainment Weekly , The 25 Best New Paperbacks to Check Out This Spring, " Heavy does what good memoirs do: it takes the personal and makes it universal. It is about the weight we bear--physical and metaphorical--about race and racism, about carving a sense of self in a senseless place. Heavy will not leave you lightly. It will stick. It will hurt. But in a way we need, the way--in this time of hopelessness--that breeds the belief that we can." --Ira Sukrungruang, Kenyon Review "Heavy's title is appropriate. This book is crushing, and the author is writing to his novel so the memoir feels that much more personal as you go through his life in and out of Jackson, from childhood to adulthood... [it] makes you confront uncomfortable realities about racism in America." -- The Summer Evergreen "[ Heavy ] explores the impact that lies, secrets and deception have on a black body and family, as well as a nation." -- CNE T, "Black Lives Matter: Movies, TV shows and books on systemic racism" "With a story that lives up to its name, this memoir explores the many complex forces at play in Laymon's life growing up as a Black man in Mississippi. Through it all, the author confronts multiple traumas with openness and love, in a book that won't leave your mind anytime soon." -- Good Housekeeping "In this harrowing and courageous memoir, Laymon explores the multifold traumas of inhabiting a black body, as seen through the lens of his complicated and abusive upbringing in Jackson, Mississippi. Yet the great miracle of this memoir isn't its evocation of the Deep South, its exploration of trauma, nor its condemnation of our fat-phobic culture--rather, the great miracle is Laymon's ability to bear love and light toward all the complicated sources of pain in his life, making for a searing and cathartic read." -- Esquire, "Weight is both unavoidably corporeal and a load-bearing metaphor in this novelist-essayist's sharp and (self-) lacerating memoir, addressed to the single teen-mom-turned-professor who raised him to become exceptional, sometimes using a belt ... Race, class, and the scars of sexual violence are front-and-center, a constant pressure and threat, but its effects are registered at ground level, a space too complex and for pop sociology." -- Vulture "Kiese Laymon's intense, layered Heavy is a provocatively personal look at racism and oppression in America ... Laymon's prose positively sings, helped by the humanity and humor he brings to this astonishing memoir." -- The A.V. Club "Laymon provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against American moral rot." -- EntertainmentWeekly.com "In Heavy , Laymon has written a memoir that feels like a body blow ... Through it all, Laymon's love for language and words drives his intellectual curiosity. Laymon's reputation as a writer grows with each piece he produces. Heavy will cement his reputation as one of America's best writers." -- Signature Reads "Stylish and complex ... Laymon convincingly conveys that difficult times can be overcome with humor and self-love, as he makes readers confront their own fears and insecurities." -- Publishers Weekly, starred "A challenging memoir about black-white relations, income inequality, mother-son dynamics, Mississippi byways, lack of personal self-control, education from kindergarten through graduate school, and so much more. Laymon skillfully couches his provocative subject matter in language that is pyrotechnic and unmistakably his own ... Far more than just the physical aspect, the weight he carries also derives from the burdens placed on him by a racist society, by his mother and his loving grandmother, and even by himself. At times, the author examines his complicated romantic and sexual relationships, and he also delves insightfully into politics, literature, feminism, and injustice, among other topics. A dynamic memoir that is unsettling in all the best ways." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred "Spectacular ... So artfully crafted, miraculously personal, and continuously disarming, this is, at its essence, powerful writing about the power of writing." -- Booklist, starred, "Laymon's profound memoir reflects on his childhood in Jackson, Miss., and shows how his pursuit of excellence was a means to survive. Touching on everything from the racism he encountered to the physical and sexual abuse he endured, Laymon compares his childhood memories with how he feels in middle age, and offers a complex, nuanced portrayal of his mother." -- The New York Times , New in Paperback "In a searing memoir addressed to his mom, Laymon examines his Mississippi upbringing and the roles race, seuxal abuse, and obesity have played in his life." -- People, New in Paperback, "[ Heavy ] explores the impact that lies, secrets and deception have on a black body and family, as well as a nation." -- CNE T, "Black Lives Matter: Movies, TV shows and books on systemic racism" "With a story that lives up to its name, this memoir explores the many complex forces at play in Laymon's life growing up as a Black man in Mississippi. Through it all, the author confronts multiple traumas with openness and love, in a book that won't leave your mind anytime soon." -- Good Housekeeping "In this harrowing and courageous memoir, Laymon explores the multifold traumas of inhabiting a black body, as seen through the lens of his complicated and abusive upbringing in Jackson, Mississippi. Yet the great miracle of this memoir isn't its evocation of the Deep South, its exploration of trauma, nor its condemnation of our fat-phobic culture--rather, the great miracle is Laymon's ability to bear love and light toward all the complicated sources of pain in his life, making for a searing and cathartic read." -- Esquire
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2019-299498
Dewey Decimal
305.896/073
Dewey Edition
23

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    This is a wonderful coming-of-age narrative about the evolution of a Black writer growing up in Jackson Mississippi with a loving but often cruel mother who tried to prepare her son both for the cruelty of the White world and for his destiny as a writer. The language is beautiful, haunting, and a document in the struggle to find his voice in a hostile world. I want to read it again.

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