![]() ![]() At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. The narrator of Assembly is a black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend’s family estate, set deep in the English countryside. Go to college, get an education, start a career. A blistering, fearless, and unforgettable literary debut from “a stunning new writer.” (Bernardine Evaristo)Ĭome of age in the credit crunch. Told in a stream of consciousness narrative, the crushing blows of racism, misogyny, and capitalism are felt through every page. And yet, she feels powerless, as though her life is not within her own control. ![]() The unnamed narrator has done everything “right” and she is ascending at her job, monetarily, and, by way of her old-moneyed boyfriend, in class status. Brown’s prose cuts like a scalpel to reveal new abrasions, deep cuts, and the scars of simply existing from one day to the next year after year. “A stunning, brutally poignant autopsy of 24 hours in the life of a black British woman. ![]()
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