Ban En Banlieue

by Bhanu Kapil

Book Overview

An evocative exploration of body and politics by one of our most exciting innovative writers. Bhanu Kapil's Ban en Banlieue follows a brown (black) girl as she walks home from school in the first moments of a riot. An April night in London, in 1979, is the axis of this startling work of overlapping arcs and varying approaches. By the end of the night, Ban moves into an incarnate and untethered presence, becoming all matter-- soot, meat, diesel oil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937658244
• ISBN13: 9781937658243
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Nightboat Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 7.5"