{"product_id":"moon-and-the-mars-paperback","title":"Moon and the Mars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKia Corthron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid account of life in New York City for the Black and Irish communities and the events that precipitated--and decided--the Civil War, from the Draft Riots and the the decisive entry of Black soldiers into the Union Army, told through the perspective of a mixed-race orphan. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Corthron, a true heir to James Baldwin, presents a startlingly original exposure of the complex roots of American racism.\" --Naomi Wallace, MacArthur \"Genius\" Playwriting Fellow and author of \u003ci\u003eOne Flea Spare\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMoon and the Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the impoverished Five Points district of New York City during the Civil War, we experience neighborhood life through the eyes of a young girl named Theo. We follow her from childhood to adolescence, as a mixed-race orphan living between the homes of her Black and Irish grandmothers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of the novel we encounter history from the draft riots that tear New York City asunder to the post-slavery period to Black people being a key part of the Union victory. Theo witnesses everything from the creation of tap dance to P.T. Barnum's sensationalist museum as white America's attitudes towards race, people of color, and slavery are shifting--painfully, transformationally--as the nation divides and marches to war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCorthron's use of dialogue brings her characters to life in a way that only an award-winning playwright and scriptwriter can do. As Theo grows and attends school, her language and grammar change, as does her own vocabulary when she's with her Black or Irish families. It's an extraordinary feat and a revelation for the reader.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKIA CORTHRON\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle Cross the Magnet Carter\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice. She was the 2017 Bread Loaf Shane Stevens Fellow in the Novel. She is also a nationally and internationally produced playwright. For her body of work for the stage, she has garnered the Windham Campbell Prize for Drama, the Horton Foote Prize, the United States Artists Jane Addams Fellowship, the Flora Roberts Award, and others. She was born and raised in Cumberland, Maryland, and lives in Harlem, New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695930249279,"sku":"9781644213162","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dd37a2e24f1b277677f01ad0f29cdabf.webp?v=1765005594","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/moon-and-the-mars-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}