{"product_id":"the-necessary-hunger-paperback-by-nina-revoyr","title":"The Necessary Hunger Paperback by Nina Revoyr","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2019-03-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617756696\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkashic Books reissues Nina Revoyr’s inspired and groundbreaking 1997 debut novel about women’s basketball, class, racial identity, and friendship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/i\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.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Quietly intimate, vigorously honest, and uniquely American . . . Tough and tender without a single false note.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/i\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/i\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOur reissue of \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e includes a new introduction by Lynell George, and a new afterword by Nina Revoyr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNINA REVOYR\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Student of History\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLost Canyo\u003c\/i\u003en; \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eSouthlan\u003c\/i\u003ed, a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and “Best Book” of 2003; \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWingshooters,\u003c\/i\u003e which won an Indie Booksellers Choice Award and was selected by O, \u003ci\u003eThe Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as one of “10 Titles to Pick Up Now.” Revoyr lives and works in the Los Angeles area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556170092705,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617756696","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617756696.jpg?v=1781807393","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-necessary-hunger-paperback-by-nina-revoyr","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}