Now We Will Be Happy (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction)
Language: English
Published by University of Nebraska Press (edition ), 2014
Series: Book 6 of 16 - The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction
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- Title
- Now We Will Be Happy (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction)
- Author
- Gautier, Amina
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press (edition )
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 080325539X
- ISBN 13
- 9780803255395
- Series
- Book 6 of 16: The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction
The characters in Now We Will Be Happy are as unpredictable as they are human. A teenage boy leaves home in search of the mother he hasn't seen since childhood; a granddaughter is sent across the ocean to broker peace between her relatives; a widow seeks to die by hurricane; a married woman takes a bathtub voyage with her lover; a proprietress who is the glue that binds her neighborhood cannot hold on to her own son; a displaced wife develops a strange addiction to candles.
Crossing boundaries of comfort, culture, language, race, and tradition in unexpected ways, these characters struggle valiantly and doggedly to reconcile their fantasies of happiness with the realities of their existence.
Winner of the Eric Hoffer Legacy Award in Fiction
Winner of an International Book Award (Literary Fiction Category)
Winner of a National Silver IPPY Award (Multicultural Fiction Category)
Winner of a Florida Authors and Publishers Association Award (Short Story Fiction Category)
Winner of a USA Best Book Award (African American Fiction Category)
Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Award (Short Story Fiction Category)
Finalist, National Indie Excellence Award (Short Stories Category)
Longlisted for the Chautauqua Prize in Fiction
Shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize
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About the Author
Amina Gautier teaches in the department of English at the University of Miami. She is a winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Antioch Review, Glimmer Train, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, and Southern Review.
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