Upstate
Published on 24. April 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7195-6730-8 (ISBN)
Description
Love is always complicated. Especially when you are seventeen, and still living at home. Antonio and Natasha spend their days hanging out on Harlem's streets, jumping over cars and dreaming about moving in together. Suddenly their world is turned upside down. Antonio finds himself on the news, in the papers, and in jail, accused of a shocking crime. And their love will be put to the ultimate test.'Upstate' tells the extraordinary story of ten years, as Natasha and Antonio attempt to keep their relationship going across a great divide. Their letters are passionate and furious, full of raw emotion as they lay their hearts on the page. The result is a wild and exhilarating roller coaster of a novel, utterly compelling and original.
Reviews / Votes
"* 'Wow! Just wow! Very occasionally you come across a book that is not just something to while away a couple of hours, but something you know is beyond entertainment. It's important, gut-wrenching and possibly the best insight into the mentality of an American teenage culture... a book that's impossible to forget' - Daily Record * 'A moving debut... Kalisha Buckhanon, by structuring her story in the epistolatory form, gives it an intimacy and urgency that the best tales always have.' - Independent on Sunday, Lesley McDowell * 'A touching tale... Kalisha Buckhanon triumphs' - Big Issue * 'Last year's must-read in the USA... an interesting glimpse into young Black America and the realities of life within the US penal system' - Sunday Times Travel Magazine * 'Raw, tender and emotional, every word of this accomplished debut rings painfully and beautifully true'. - Sainsbury's Magazine * 'A raw account of divided love'. - B Magazine * 'The street-smart language often crackles.' - Marie Claire"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Dimensions
Height: 15 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 197 mm
Weight
162 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7195-6730-8 (9780719567308)
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Person
Kalisha Buckhanon was born in 1977. She has taught creative writing and literacy to adults in Harlem, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Chicago and her hometown of Kankakee, Illinois. 'Upstate' is her first novel.