Raven Leilani Knihy

Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties—sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She's also, secretly, haltingly figuring her way into life as an artist. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage—with rules. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren't hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and falling into Eric's family life, his home. She becomes hesitant friend to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie is the only black woman young Akila may know. Razor sharp, darkly comic, sexually charged, socially disruptive, Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make her sense of her life in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way.

A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unravelling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind.

Aguda, cómica, disruptiva y tierna, la novela debut de Raven Leilani, Luster , sigue a una joven mujer negra que se adentra en el arte y en el matrimonio abierto de otra persona. Edie navega por sus veintes, compartiendo un apartamento mediocre en Bushwick, trabajando en un empleo administrativo y tomando una serie de decisiones sexuales inapropiadas. También, en secreto y con titubeos, está descubriendo su camino como artista. Luego conoce a Eric, un archivista digital con una familia en Nueva Jersey, incluida una esposa autopsista que ha aceptado un matrimonio abierto, con reglas. Mientras navega por los constantemente cambiantes paisajes de las costumbres sexuales contemporáneas y la política racial, Edie se encuentra desempleada y adentrándose en la vida familiar de Eric, su hogar. Se convierte en una amiga vacilante de su esposa y en un modelo a seguir de facto para su hija adoptiva. Edie es la única mujer negra que la joven Akila conoce. Aguda, oscura y cargada sexualmente, Luster es un retrato de una joven que intenta dar sentido a su vida en una era tumultuosa. También es una descripción inquietante y dolorosa de lo difícil que es creer en tu propio talento y las influencias inesperadas que nos llevan a conocernos a nosotros mismos en el camino.