The Longest Minute

The protagonist of the story is William, a 15-year-old Black boy living in a Black neighborhood in America. His father died when he was three, and he grew up with his mother and older brother. Unfortunately, one day his 19-year-old brother was shot dead in the street. Upon hearing the tragic news, his mother was heartbroken, and William tossed and turned, unable to sleep. In their world, three rules had been passed down for generations: no crying, no snitching, and revenge is a must. So, early the next morning, he stepped into the elevator, ready to embark on his path of revenge. From then on, with each floor the elevator descended, a "person" both familiar and strange to him would "get on"... But could revenge truly resolve the anger in his heart?
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A sudden, thought-provoking, and soul-searching work, hailed as "a surreal masterpiece almost unprecedented in modern American literature," it directly confronts the deeply entrenched "chronic diseases" of Black neighborhoods passed down through generations and rings an alarm bell for the world to "urgently pay attention to the psychological growth of young people." The world needs this book!
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A novel in verse, 320 pages, 271 poems, 4100 lines, with a tense rhythm, ingenious structure, and a suspenseful ending. Every word is the author's confrontation with grief, struggle with reality, and fusion with hope.

出版日期/Publication Date：February 1, 2021
出版社/Publisher：北京联合出版公司
出品方/Imprint:Yuefu Culture
页数/Page: 320