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| # |
Title |
Published |
Author |
Buy on Amazon |
| 1 |
What We Lose |
2017 |
Zinzi Clemmons |
Buy |
Zinzi Clemmons’s standalone fiction is rooted in the experience of living between cultures. What We Lose tells its story in fragments — short scenes, photographs, internet excerpts — building a portrait of grief and identity that feels more like lived experience than plotted fiction.
The novel draws heavily on Clemmons’s own background, and the line between autobiography and fiction is deliberately blurred. It’s a short, intense book that packs emotional weight into its unconventional structure.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books are in the Zinzi Clemmons Standalone Novels series?
There are one books in the Zinzi Clemmons Standalone Novels series, published in 2017.
What is the first book in the Zinzi Clemmons Standalone Novels series?
The first book in the Zinzi Clemmons Standalone Novels series is What We Lose, published in 2017.
What is What We Lose about?
What We Lose follows Thandi, a young woman of South African descent living in America, as she copes with her mother’s cancer diagnosis, an unstable romantic relationship, and the larger question of where she belongs. The novel uses a fragmented, multimedia structure mixing prose, images, and data.