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The Brevity of the Selves
With her popularity crossing over color-lines, celebrated novelist, LiNCOLN PARK and her prolific parables of modern, Africentric fiction episodes are being heralded by a mounting faction of mainstream literati. THE BREVITY OF THE SELVES is Park's second, sensational work!
Throughout this mesmeric tale, you will ride a written roller-coaster of larger-than-life chronicles with the book's central character, Candace Odom. Turn the pages of this book and find yourself trapped in Candace's convoluted universe; a world awash with adventure, countenance, deviance, exuberance and tenacity.
With her invigorating wit and dark, trademark pen, Park easily and expertly stretches her readers' imaginations over her literary loom; weaving yet, another yarn of pure, AFRoPuLP genius!
PARENTAL ADVISORY
Throughout this mesmeric tale, you will ride a written roller-coaster of larger-than-life chronicles with the book's central character, Candace Odom. Turn the pages of this book and find yourself trapped in Candace's convoluted universe; a world awash with adventure, countenance, deviance, exuberance and tenacity.
With her invigorating wit and dark, trademark pen, Park easily and expertly stretches her readers' imaginations over her literary loom; weaving yet, another yarn of pure, AFRoPuLP genius!
PARENTAL ADVISORY
148 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2007
About the author
Lincoln Park
9 books34 followersCalled a 'gifted writer' by book reviewers; as well as a special combination of -- CRACK WIT, CRACK RESEARCH, CRACK DEFINITIONS and a generally, CRACKED MIND -- LiNCOLN PARK's extraordinary literary style is controversial, cult and cutting-edge. As she frequently administers a more severe and disquieting pen than her contemporary literary counterparts, 4465 PReSS has taken unique initiative and placed the standard seal of PARENTAL ADVISORY on the front and back covers of all LiNCOLN PARK-penned books.
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June 6, 2008
This book is not for the faint-hearted reader... that's all I can tell you. There is no, sing-songy ending, either.
What I have tried to provide is a raw look at how things you experience in your youth can shape the way you evaluate your present-day environment.
I enjoyed twisting my imagination around to contemplate this work. I hope you enjoy reading it, as well.
LP
What I have tried to provide is a raw look at how things you experience in your youth can shape the way you evaluate your present-day environment.
I enjoyed twisting my imagination around to contemplate this work. I hope you enjoy reading it, as well.
LP
September 22, 2011
Since I enjoyed
HANDLE TiME so much, I decided to read LiNCOLN PARK's previous work. i started with this book.
The Brevity of the Selves is an exquisite tragedy about the after effects of incest. LiNCOLN PARK takes readers on an amazing journey over the shoulder of a young girl named Candace. The girl runs away from New York City to find herself in the clutches of the Washington DC corrections system -- then to the clubs of Fort Lauderdale, FL -- to the 16th Street business hub of Downtown Denver, CO -- then back to the impersonal jobs of commission-only, New York.
There are various figures of authority Candace encounters who are supremely flawed; like Jarvis in DC or her boss at Contempo Realty in New York. Park has a wicked way of exploiting character flaws in all of her books. She also seems to have a way of moving your emotions towards the story -- without your realization of that movement. She is truly a prolific writer.
The title is apt -- as the soul of the main character is born, is developed and begins to die as events progress.
In all the weight of the plot, humor and sarcasm manage to seep into the story. This is something that I believe readers of LiNCOLN PARK novels have come to expect.
I recommend The Brevity of the Selves for any serious reader who needs to be moved by an unlikely literary source. I know I was...
HANDLE TiME so much, I decided to read LiNCOLN PARK's previous work. i started with this book. The Brevity of the Selves is an exquisite tragedy about the after effects of incest. LiNCOLN PARK takes readers on an amazing journey over the shoulder of a young girl named Candace. The girl runs away from New York City to find herself in the clutches of the Washington DC corrections system -- then to the clubs of Fort Lauderdale, FL -- to the 16th Street business hub of Downtown Denver, CO -- then back to the impersonal jobs of commission-only, New York.
There are various figures of authority Candace encounters who are supremely flawed; like Jarvis in DC or her boss at Contempo Realty in New York. Park has a wicked way of exploiting character flaws in all of her books. She also seems to have a way of moving your emotions towards the story -- without your realization of that movement. She is truly a prolific writer.
The title is apt -- as the soul of the main character is born, is developed and begins to die as events progress.
In all the weight of the plot, humor and sarcasm manage to seep into the story. This is something that I believe readers of LiNCOLN PARK novels have come to expect.
I recommend The Brevity of the Selves for any serious reader who needs to be moved by an unlikely literary source. I know I was...
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