num_pages: 304
description: Established by the leaders of the countrys only successful slave revolt in the mid-nineteenth century Cross River still evokes the fierce rhythms of its founding. In lyrical prose and singular dialect a saga beats forward that echoes the fables carried down for generationslike the screecher birds who swoop down for their periodic sacrifice and the water women who lure men to wet deaths.Among its residentswildly spanning decades perspectives and speciesare David Sherman a struggling musician who just happens to be Gods last son; Tyrone a ruthless PhD candidate whose dissertation about a childhood game ignites mayhem in the neighboring once-segregated town of Port Yooga; and Jim an all-too-obedient robot who serves his Master. As the book builds to its finish with Special Topics in Loneliness Studies a fully-realized novella two unhinged professors grapple with hugely different ambitions and the reader comes to appreciate the intricacy of the world Scott has createdone where fantasy and reality are eternally at war.
language: English
title: The World Doesn't Require You
publisher: Liveright