An American girl dreams of soccer and Mardi Gras while her Nigerian parents wait for their green cards; an organic seed distributor entraps an errant lover with a replica pre-Columbian Aztec artefact bought in Chicago; an instrument-gardener harvests the sound of a dead woman; a matchmaker faces failure unless she s prepared to offer herself; an English girl finds herself adrift in a Welsh summer camp; a blind beggar scrambles for change at a South American crossroads, and a Moroccan mother wonders if her son is really a saint. The stories in x-24 transcend location, nationality, reality and time; disconcerting at times for their sheer irreverence, each tale has that quality of rare insight that makes for compelling reading.
X-24: Unclassified
ISBN: 095415701X
ISBN 13: 9780954157012
Authors: Tash Aw, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Clare Wigfall, t. tara turk, Claire Sharland, Ken Nash, Laila Lalami, Jennifer Kabat, Naomi Alderman, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Daniel Alarcón, Julia Bell, Peter Hobbs, Niki Aguirre, Gaylene Gould, Sefi Atta, Mohammed Naseehu Ali
