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In alternating chapters, the novel tells the stories of two different characters: a nameless novelist on tour for a book also titled Hell of a Book, and an African-American child named Soot. Soot, who lives near Whiteville , North Carolina , is being bullied on the school bus, while the novelist is troubled by visions of a child he calls "The ...
Mott's fourth and most critically acclaimed novel, Hell of a Book, was published by E. P. Dutton on June 29, 2021. [5] It is at times an absurdist and metafictional look into the complex and fraught African American experience. On November 17, 2021, the novel was awarded the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. [6]
The essays explore the circumstances under which people are sent to solitary, their restricted autonomy in such a state and the psychological consequences of prolonged confinement. One contributor, William Blake, was denied access to a copy of the book while in prison.
The book correlates the man's experience with Dante's Inferno, and includes a diagram of the fictional hell described by Dante. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel The First Circle (1968) takes its title from the Inferno. Set in a special Gulag for scientists, it parallels Dante's First Circle (Limbo) where virtuous philosophers of antiquity are ...
William Blake (1757–1827), who inspired the book's title and writing style, was an influential English artist most notable for his paintings and poetry. The "doors of perception" was originally a metaphor written by Blake in his 1790 book, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The metaphor was used to represent Blake's feelings about mankind's ...
Kam Jones scored 23 points and No. 9 Marquette committed just two turnovers in an 80-70 victory over Butler on Wednesday night in the Big East opener for both teams. Marquette (10-2, 1-0) had its ...
A Jewish writer described her attempts after Oct. 7 to find empathy across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Her essay triggered mass resignations and a retraction
I know the first time I really learned a lot about him was when I went back to his place in Doylestown. He showed me Bryan’s room, pictures of him, books that he’s read. … The room looked like Bryan had just moved out of the house. He had kid sheets still on the bed. I ended up sleeping there for, like, four nights — in Bryan’s room. …