{"product_id":"just-us-9780141994086","title":"Just Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eWHITE REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2021 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom award-winning writer Claudia Rankine, the stunning follow-up to \u003ci\u003eCitizen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDon''t Let Me Be Lonely \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Riveting'' \u003c\/b\u003eBernardine Evaristo, \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003e(Books of the Year)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brilliant'' \u003c\/b\u003eGary Younge, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003e(Books of the Year)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Timely and powerful'' \u003c\/b\u003eFatima Bhutto, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of our time''s most incisive, brilliant and necessary intellectuals'' \u003c\/b\u003eSeán Hewitt, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Ranking is a writer of genius'' \u003c\/b\u003eJeremy Noel-Tod, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions, how can humans best approach one another across our differences?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking the study of whiteness and white supremacy as a guiding light, Claudia Rankine explores a series of real encounters with friends and strangers - each disrupting the false comfort of spaces where our public and private lives intersect, like the airport, the theatre, the dinner party and the voting booth - and urges us to enter into the conversations which could offer the only humane pathways through this moment of division.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJust Us\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room together, and to breach the silence, guilt and violence that surround whiteness. Brilliantly arranging essays, images and poems along with the voices and rebuttals of others, it counterpoints Rankine''s own text with facing-page notes and commentary, and closes with a bravura study of women confronting the political and cultural implications of dyeing their hair blonde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWry, vulnerable and prescient, this is Rankine''s most intimate work, less interested in being right than in being true, and being together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Rankine marshalls the full range of her substantial talents\u003c\/b\u003e - from poetry to essay - to explore how racism is lived, privilege is expressed and engagement might be possible. \u003cb\u003ePersonal, political, interrogative and, most all, impressive\u003c\/b\u003e -- Gary Younge\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003ebrilliant and multi-layered \u003c\/b\u003ework is a call, a bid, \u003cb\u003ean insistent, rightly impatient demand for a public conversation on whiteness\u003c\/b\u003e . . . bold and vital -- Judith Butler\u003cbr\u003eIn my work, \u003cb\u003ewell-meaning white people consistently ask me how to recognize racism. Yet we might ask, \"How have we managed not to know?\"\u003c\/b\u003e The information is everywhere, if we care to listen . . . With clarity and grace, \u003cb\u003eClaudia Rankine delivers a gut punch to white denial. \u003ci\u003eJust Us \u003c\/i\u003eis stunning work - audacious, revelatory, devastating\u003c\/b\u003e -- Robin DiAngelo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJust Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Claudia Rankine continues her remarkable and brilliant interrogation of the language, culture, and history that have shaped America\u003c\/b\u003e, forging through poems, essays, and documents a literary archive that is \u003cb\u003eutterly original and desperately needed\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dinaw Mengestu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiercely intimate, rigorous\u003c\/b\u003e . . . [\u003ci\u003eJust Us\u003c\/i\u003e] \u003cb\u003elets all of us in on the conversations - with others and the self - that are necessary for survival\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nuar Alsadir","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48066828829015,"sku":"9780141994086","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141994086.jpg?v=1713211711","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/just-us-9780141994086","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}