{"product_id":"the-necessary-hunger-paperback","title":"The Necessary Hunger - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Revoyr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e is the kind of irresistible read you start on the subway at six p.m. on the way home from work and keep plowing through until you've turned the last page . . . It beats with the pulse of life . . . American writers dealing with race relations tend to focus on black-white or Asian-white situations; Revoyr has the imagination to depict racial issues in which whites are not the reference point.\" --\u003cem\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Quietly intimate, vigorously honest, and uniquely American . . . Tough and tender without a single false note.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e follows two basketball stars -- Nancy Takahiro and Raina Webber -- and several of their friends through their last year of high school. For some of them, their senior year will be full of glory, and the anticipation of college. For others, however, stranded in an inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood that promises little in the way of opportunity, it will mark not only the end of their time in school but also the end of their hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Nancy and Raina both prepare to leave the urban neighborhood that has nurtured them, they find themselves looking toward a future that is no longer easily defined. \u003cem\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e is about families, friendship, racial identity, and young people who are nearing adulthood in a dangerous and challenging world. It is about sports as a means of salvation, about the nature of competition, and ultimately about the various kinds of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Our reissue of \u003cem\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e includes a new introduction by Lynell George, and a new afterword by Nina Revoyr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Revoyr\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eSouthland, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest seller and \"Best Book\" of 2003; \u003ci\u003eWingshooters\u003c\/i\u003e, which won an Indie Booksellers' Choice Award and was selected by \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eas one of \"10 Titles to Pick Up Now,\" and \u003ci\u003eA Student of History\u003c\/i\u003e, available on March 5, 2019 from Akashic Books. Revoyr lives and works in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247531966713,"sku":"9781617756696","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OAbVx3VXny9781617756696.webp?v=1768626645","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-necessary-hunger-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}