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7617157Pick a Colorhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/pick-a-color-9780316422178/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7242468/image.jpg?v=638871027702770000247290MXNLittle, Brown and CompanyInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who dont even know her true name.</strong></p><p><em><strong>I live in a world of Susans. I got name tags for everyone who works at this nail salon, and on every one is printed the name Susan."</strong></em></p><p>Ning is a retired boxer, but to the customers who visit her nail salon, she is just another worker named Susan. On this summers day, much like any other, the Susans buff and clip and polish and tweeze. They listen and smile and nod. But beneath this superficial veneer, Ning is a woman of rigorous intellect and profound complexity. A woman enthralled by the intricacy and rhythms of her work, but also haunted by memories of paths not taken and opportunities lost. A woman navigating the complex power dynamics among her fellow Susans, whose greatest fears and desires lie just behind the gossip they exchange.</p><p>As the days work grinds on, the friction between Nings two identitiesas anonymous manicurist and brilliant observer of her own circumstanceswill gather electric and crackling force, and at last demand a reckoning with the way the world of privilege looks at a woman like Ning.</p><p>Told over a single day with razor-sharp precision and wit, <em>Pick a Color</em> confirms Souvankham Thammavongsas place as literatures premier chronicler of the immigrant experience, in its myriad, complex, and slyly subversive forms.</p>...7227220Pick a Color247290https://www.gandhi.com.mx/pick-a-color-9780316422178/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7242468/image.jpg?v=638871027702770000InStockMXN99999PR_DIEbook20259780316422178_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9780316422178_<p><strong>From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who dont even know her true name.</strong></p><p><em><strong>I live in a world of Susans. I got name tags for everyone who works at this nail salon, and on every one is printed the name Susan."</strong></em></p><p>Ning is a retired boxer, but to the customers who visit her nail salon, she is just another worker named Susan. On this summers day, much like any other, the Susans buff and clip and polish and tweeze. They listen and smile and nod. But beneath this superficial veneer, Ning is a woman of rigorous intellect and profound complexity. A woman enthralled by the intricacy and rhythms of her work, but also haunted by memories of paths not taken and opportunities lost. A woman navigating the complex power dynamics among her fellow Susans, whose greatest fears and desires lie just behind the gossip they exchange.</p><p>As the days work grinds on, the friction between Nings two identitiesas anonymous manicurist and brilliant observer of her own circumstanceswill gather electric and crackling force, and at last demand a reckoning with the way the world of privilege looks at a woman like Ning.</p><p>Told over a single day with razor-sharp precision and wit, <em>Pick a Color</em> confirms Souvankham Thammavongsas place as literatures premier chronicler of the immigrant experience, in its myriad, complex, and slyly subversive forms.</p>...9780316422178_Little, Brown and Companypreventa9780316422178_9780316422178Souvankham ThammavongsaInglésMéxico2025-09-30T00:00:00+00:002025-09-30T00:00:00+00:00Little, Brown and Company