(Ezinma herself is "pretty, yes, but in that manageable way that causes little offense.") The rest of the story details "what came behind her" - a mother and father who came of age during the Nigerian civil war, an older sister who's stubborn and beautiful. "The Future Looks Good" opens with Ezinma, a young woman in Nigeria, about to unlock a door. Lesley Nneka Arimah begins her remarkable debut collection, What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky, with a stunner of a story. That's not to say authors never deviate from the tone of the initial story they usually do, and when they know what they're doing, the effect can be bracing, even shocking. The first short story in a collection functions the same way the first track on an album does - it sets the tone for what's to come, and works as a de facto introduction, displaying the range of tools the creator has decided to work with. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Subtitle Stories Author Lesley Nneka Arimah
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