{"product_id":"moon-and-the-mars-9781644211038","title":"Moon and the Mars","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly an\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eticipated new novel from the winner of the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize examines NYC and America in the burgeoning moments before the start of the Civil War through the eyes of a young biracial girl.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRarely does one encounter a book that can so profoundly change a reader. \u003ci\u003eMoon and the Mars\u003c\/i\u003e is that book. Corthron, a true heir to James Baldwin, presents a startlingly original exposure of the complex roots of American racism and classism as well as a sweeping exploration of love in all its myriad forms. The best work of fiction I have read in many years. --Naomi Wallace, MacArthur Genius Playwriting Fellow and author of One Flea Spare \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMoon and the Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the impoverished Five Points district of New York City in the years 1857-1863, we experience neighborhood life through the eyes of Theo from childhood to adolescence, an orphan living between the homes of her Black and Irish grandmothers. Throughout her formative years, Theo witnesses everything from the creation of tap dance to P.T. Barnum's sensationalist museum to the draft riots that tear NYC asunder, amidst the daily maelstrom of Five Points work, hardship, and camaraderie. Meanwhile, white America's attitudes towards people of color and slavery are shifting--painfully, transformationally--as the nation divides and marches to war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCorthron's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle Cross the Magnet Carter\u003c\/i\u003e, won the coveted First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction in 2016. It was championed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, Robin D.G. Kelley, and Angela Y. Davis, among many others, and received rave reviews in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e where it was an Editor's Choice, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Corthron, Kia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644211038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592","brand":"Kia Corthron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39389779591243,"sku":"9781644211038","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_8171059d-d97d-486f-8a25-c2fe392adf24.jpg?v=1623122855","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/moon-and-the-mars-9781644211038","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}