- Published: 4 November 2021
- ISBN: 9781473594555
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
My Monticello
- Published: 4 November 2021
- ISBN: 9781473594555
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
My Monticello is a magnificent debut that holds so much in its gaze. This breathtaking, artful book is a gift
Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A BURNING
I was enthralled from the opening lines of this book. Stunning
Charles Yu, National Book Award-winning author of INTERIOR CHINATOWN
This is a stunning debut by a brilliant and original new voice
Danielle Evans, award-winning author of THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS
A badass debut by any measure - nimble, knowing, and electrifying
Colson Whitehead, twice-Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and THE NICKEL BOYS
Absolutely unforgettable. Johnson's prose soars to remarkable heights
Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of HUNGER and AYITI
Riveting storytelling. This incandescent work speaks not just to the moment, but to history
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Johnson's debut book is stellar
Kirkus (starred review)
An electric new literary voice
Esquire
Unputdownable... Extraordinarily powerful... One of the finest books of 2021 and a future classic
The Bookseller, Book of the Month
A powerful and beautiful read
Nina Pottell, Prima
An extraordinary debut from a gifted writer with an unflinching view of history and what may come of it.
Washington Post
Johnson is a great observer. The novel is full of stunningly precise figurative language... [it's] utterly absorbing...a meditation of how the brutal past of slavery still has a potent legacy in contemporary America; it also portrays the redemptive powers of love and care
Tomiwa Owolade, Daily Telegraph
This powerful and memorable book is a must-read
Joanne Finney, Good Housekeeping
A powerful, thought-provoking novel
Sarra Manning, Red
[A] tenderly rendered apocalyptic novella... Johnson is an unusually sensitive writer, combining a mood of impending doom with language of soulful beauty
Claire Allfree, Daily Mail
This brief, brilliant gut-punch of a novel is frighteningly plausible... Lush, harrowing, and entirely believable - a marvel of economy
Paul Connolly, Metro
My Monticello is short, satisfying and punchy: more debuts should be like this
John Self, The Times
Stunning
Eithne Farry, Mail on Sunday
Chilling, affecting and intelligent
Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday
This brief, brilliant gut-punch of a novel is frighteningly plausible
Paul Connolly, Metro, *Christmas Gift Guide 2021*
My Monticello is a bleak story but reading it elicits the same kind of sensation that comes from listening to a poignant blues song: there is pleasure in its creation without denying the pain of the subject
Colin Grant, Guardian
A history lesson, a fable, an inquiry into the nature of historic monuments, a heartfelt tale of community and above all a nail-biting story.
Guardian
Beautifully written with unforgettable characters... My Monticello is an unforgettable and thought-provoking novella that will unsettle you to your core.
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