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Elbow Room

by James Alan McPherson

Twelve stories about race and everyday life

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Twelve stories about race and everyday life

Elbow Room brings together twelve short stories examining Black and white life in the contemporary world described by the collection. Its subjects range from young street toughs and a failed preacher to a killer and two jealous lovers, placing personal conduct and relationships alongside questions of race and social identity. The varied situations give the book a broad view of people navigating tensions that can be difficult to name. The publisher description also identifies warmth and humor among the collection’s qualities.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in short-story collections about race and social identity.
  • Readers seeking fiction centered on varied characters and conflicts, including romance, religion, and crime.

Themes

Race and social identitySelf-deceptionJealousy and relationshipsViolence and personal conduct

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Book overview

A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.

Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.
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