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245 14 a| The new naturals :b| a novel /c| Gabriel Bump.;

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264 1 a| Chapel Hill, North Carolina :b| Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,c| 2023.;

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520 a| "An abandoned restaurant on a hill off the highway in Western Massachusetts doesn't look like much. But to Rio, a young Black woman bereft after the loss of her newborn child, this hill becomes more than a safe haven--it becomes a place to start over. She convinces her husband to help her construct a society underground, somewhere safe, somewhere everyone can feel loved, wanted, and accepted, where the children learn actual history, where everyone has an equal shot. She locates a Benefactor and soon their utopia begins to take shape. Two unhoused men hear about it and immediately begin their journey by bus from Chicago to get there. A young and disillusioned journalist stumbles upon it and wants in. And a former soccer player, having lost his footing in society, is persuaded to check it out too. But no matter how much these people all yearn for meaning and a sanctuary from the existential dread of life above the surface, what happens if this new society can't actually work? What then? From one of the most exciting new literary voices out there, The New Naturals is fresh and deeply perceptive, capturing the absurdity of life in the 21st century, for readers of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Jennifer Egan's The Candy House. In this remarkable feat of imagination, Bump shows us that, ultimately, it is our love for and connection to each other that will save us" --c| Page [2] of cover.;

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The new naturals : a novel / Gabriel Bump.

Author/creator	Bump, Gabriel author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	297 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	African American women--Fiction. African Americans--Fiction. Infants--Death. --Fiction. Happiness--Fiction. Interpersonal relations--Fiction. Utopias--Fiction.

Abstract	"An abandoned restaurant on a hill off the highway in Western Massachusetts doesn't look like much. But to Rio, a young Black woman bereft after the loss of her newborn child, this hill becomes more than a safe haven--it becomes a place to start over. She convinces her husband to help her construct a society underground, somewhere safe, somewhere everyone can feel loved, wanted, and accepted, where the children learn actual history, where everyone has an equal shot. She locates a Benefactor and soon their utopia begins to take shape. Two unhoused men hear about it and immediately begin their journey by bus from Chicago to get there. A young and disillusioned journalist stumbles upon it and wants in. And a former soccer player, having lost his footing in society, is persuaded to check it out too. But no matter how much these people all yearn for meaning and a sanctuary from the existential dread of life above the surface, what happens if this new society can't actually work? What then? From one of the most exciting new literary voices out there, The New Naturals is fresh and deeply perceptive, capturing the absurdity of life in the 21st century, for readers of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Jennifer Egan's The Candy House. In this remarkable feat of imagination, Bump shows us that, ultimately, it is our love for and connection to each other that will save us" -- Page [2] of cover.
Genre/form	Utopian fiction.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Utopian fiction.
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Psychological fiction.
Genre/form	Novels.
LCCN	2023025843
ISBN	9781616208806 hardcover
ISBN	1616208805 hardcover

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