With a steely, unfaltering gaze, Natasha Brown dismantles the mythology of whiteness, lining up the debris in a neat row and walking away. And it is about one woman daring to take control of her own story, even at the cost of her life. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can’t escape the question: is it time to take it all apart?Īssembly is a story about the stories we live within – those of race and class, safety and freedom, winners and losers.
At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. The narrator of Assembly is a black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend’s family estate, set deep in the English countryside. Go to college, get an education, start a career. This blistering, fearless, and unforgettable literary novel finds a woman with everything on the line and a life-or-death decision waiting for her-perfect for fans of Claudia Rankine and Jenny Offill.Ĭome of age in the credit crunch.
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