{"product_id":"9781631497889","title":"The World Doesn't Require You: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated Books of 2019\u003cbr\u003e As seen in the Summer Reading Previews of \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e • NYLON • BuzzFeed • BookRiot • \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Doesn’t Require You\u003c\/i\u003e announces the arrival of a generational talent, as Rion Amilcar Scott shatters rigid genre lines to explore larger themes of religion, violence, and love—all told with sly humor and a dash of magical realism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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, \u003ci\u003eThe World Doesn’t Require You\u003c\/i\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","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032069161200,"sku":"9781631497889","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631497889_p0.jpg?v=1763672261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631497889","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}