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Title details for Angel & Hannah by Ishle Yi Park - Available

Angel & Hannah

A Novel in Verse

by Ishle Yi Park
Ishle Yi Park
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The sweeping, unforgettable story of an interracial couple in 1990s New York City who are determined to protect their love against all odds—a reimagining of Romeo and Juliet
“Triumphant . . . sensuous, tender, and faceted like cut glass.”—Cathy Park Hong, award-winning author of Minor Feelings
Hannah, a Korean American girl from Queens, New York, and Angel, a Puerto Rican boy from Brooklyn, fall in love in the spring of 1993 at a quinceañera:
under a torn pink streamer
loose as a tendril of hair—lush—
his eyes. Darkluminous. Warm. A blush
floods her. Hannah sucks in her breath, but
can’t pull back. Music fades. A hush ~
he’s a young buck in the underbrush,
still in a disco ball dance of shadow & light

Their forbidden love instantly and wildly blooms along the Jackie Robinson Expressway.
Told across the changing seasons, Angel & Hannah holds all of the tension and cadence of blank verse while adding dynamic and expressive language rooted in a long tradition of hip-hop and spoken word, creating new and magnetic forms. The poetry of Angel and Hannah’s relationship is dynamic, arresting, observant, and magical, conveying the intimacies and sacrifices of love and family and the devastating realities of struggle and loss.

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  • Release date

    May 11, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593399729
      • File size: 61111 KB
      • Duration: 02:07:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This audiobook reimagines Romeo and Juliet in current-day New York City, where they face familiar obstacles. Ishle Yi Park is a fine narrator of her work, energetic and authentic. That said, novels in verse can be tricky things, especially in the audiobook format; the listener loses the guidance of seeing line breaks and sacrifices the ability to pause over a phrase when necessary. At first, this audiobook sounds forced and self-conscious, but listener patience pays off. Once the audiobook is underway, the rhythms and Park's delivery of them settle in, and the listener is readily immersed in the arc of the couple's romantic journey. Some sections are more artful and appealing than others, but ultimately they all blend successfully to become an engaging listening experience. L.B.F. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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