{"product_id":"lustre-paperback","title":"Lustre - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeenan Norris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaking place in the other California, the desert city of San Suerte, LUSTRE is about the luckless Lustre Little, a boy haunted by the violence of his hometown; ex-convict Sharone Bonilla, who is haunted by his history; and Destiny Deveraux, an orphan, come of age, who is learning and teaching love and responsibility.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book settles in this Faulknerian way into its own Yoknapatawpha County. Lustre, Sharone, Destiny, Eddie, Pedro, all of these people live within the landscape of San Suerte.\"--Laleh Khadivi, author of \u003cem\u003eA Good Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is much to admire and learn from Norris' storytelling and his ability to create a city such as San Suerte with its intensive, complicated, and engaging characters. In \u003cem\u003eLustre\u003c\/em\u003e, a triangle of characters provides us with profound insights into how individuals deal with poverty, loss, and their haunting indecisions. They say that people in Southern California when hit with a firestorm, earthquake, flood, or mudslide, rebuild on the same spot instead of moving away. Norris' characters stay and face their specific hardships, dramatizing a grit in people who try to rebuild their lives while confronting a violent past and unsure future. We know Norris' characters; they are our neighbors.\"--Juan Delgado, author of \u003cem\u003eVital Signs\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the American Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eLustre\u003c\/em\u003e is a pleasure! In his thoroughly distinctive voice, Keenan Norris seduces the audience into a world of Bibleizing hustlers, where sleep is cavernous and the khakis stiff. As a lifelong resident of the city Norris has fictionalized in this profound story of an Empire, a people and their placelessness, this reader finds himself full 'like so much syrup risen and settled, thick-sweet and still ... ' In San Suerte, the barbershop feels like church, and church, like revival. A masterful offering.\"--Eric DeVaughnn, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Beauty of Dragons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiction. African \u0026amp; African American Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 127\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734445920319,"sku":"9781955239455","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8bf064e0c4b342ce258bcdc88eab38c2.webp?v=1765139905","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/lustre-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}