If I Survive You

Resumen del libro

Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But they soon learn that the welcome in America will be far from warm. Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society which regards him with suspicion, greeting him with the puzzled question 'What are you?' Their eldest son Delano's longing for a better future for his own children is equalled only by his recklessness in trying to secure it.

As both brothers navigate the obstacles littered in their path - an unreliable father, racism, a financial crisis and Hurricane Andrew - they find themselves increasingly pitted against one another. Will their rivalry be the thing that finally tears their family apart? If I Survive You pulses with inimitable style, heart and barbed humour while unravelling what it means to carve out an existence between cultures, homes and pay checks. It announces Jonathan Escoffery as a chronicler of life at its most gruesome and hopeful.

Biografía del autor

Jonathan Escoffery se crio en Miami (Florida). Es autor de relatos, y "Si os sobrevivo" es la primera novela que publica. Con ella, ha sido finalista del National Book Award de 2022, así como del premio John Leonard del National Book Critics Circle en la categoría de Narrativa, del PEN/Jean Stein de 2023, del Pen/Faulkner de 2023, del PEN/Bingham de 2023, del premio Story de 2022, de la Medalla Carnegie a la Excelencia en Narrativa de 2023 y del premio Aspen Words de 2023.