White Tears
Hari Kunzru
A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post - San Francisco Chronicle - NPR - GQ - Time - The Economist - Slate - HuffPost - Book Riot Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Hari KunzruPublisher: VintagePublished: 02/06/2018ISBN: 9781101973219Pages: 288Weight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Book Title
White Tears
ISBN
9781101973219
A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post - San Francisco Chronicle - NPR - GQ - Time - The Economist - Slate - HuffPost - Book Riot Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Hari Kunzru
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/06/2018
ISBN: 9781101973219
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Hari Kunzru
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/06/2018
ISBN: 9781101973219
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post - San Francisco Chronicle - NPR - GQ - Time - The Economist - Slate - HuffPost - Book Riot Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Hari Kunzru
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/06/2018
ISBN: 9781101973219
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Hari Kunzru
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/06/2018
ISBN: 9781101973219
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d