The World Doesn't Require You: Stories

by Rion Amilcar Scott

Book Overview

Established 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.

Among its residents--wildly spanning decades,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631495380
• ISBN13: 9781631495380
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"