![]() ![]() "I think having someone like that tell me that at such an early age certainly influenced me in ways that maybe I wasn't aware of at the time, and maybe I'm still not aware of," he said. And as a child, I remember feeling like, 'Well, OK, I guess my dad's a villain'.kind of communicating him or just questioning, 'Why would you be doing that?'"Īdjei-Brenyah's father told him there wasn't a simple answer to that. "He was a defense attorney and I remember at a very young age him telling me that he was defending someone who had killed someone. "I think he was the seed for the novel in many ways," Adjei-Brenyah said. Adjei-Brenyah's father was a criminal defense attorney and the novel is dedicated to him. The story focuses on two women gladiators who are literally fighting to the death to obtain their freedom. As Ron Charles wrote in his rave review for The Washington Post: "It’s a devastating indictment of our penal system and our attendant enthusiasm for violence." Now with "Chain-Gang All-Stars," Adjei-Brenyah has taken his fiction to a whole new level. "Friday Black" explored the violence, injustice and painful absurdities that Black men, women and children have to deal with every day. ![]() He joined Wisconsin Public Radio's " BETA" in our first season to talk about his incredible New York Times' best-selling short story collection, " Friday Black." Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah has released his debut novel, " Chain-Gang All-Stars," and it is truly a tour de force. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |