a stunning novel that won’t be easily forgotten.” -Electric Literature “Luminous, from the very first sentence to the last. Amid the flurry of new novels drifting down like so many balloons, Real Life is the one weighted with confetti.” -The Paris Review “Real Life asks questions many of us shy from: Who is entitled to pain? How useful is an apology? Can sharing our feelings free us from them?. is so deft at portraying the burdens that befall young queer people of color and the forces that often hamper true connection.” - O: The Oprah Magazine In tender, intimate and distinctive writing, Taylor explores race, sexuality and desire with a cast of unforgettable characters.” - Newsweek Real Life is a gut punch of a novel, a story that asks if it's ever really possible to overcome our private wounds and buried histories-and at what cost. But a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with a young straight man, conspire to fracture his defenses, while revealing hidden currents of resentment and desire that threaten the equilibrium of their community. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends-some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree.
Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by Entertainment Weekly, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Paste, Bookriot, and Library Journal.Ī novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend-and a lifetime of buried pain.
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