Asphalt
| Title | Asphalt |
| Year for Search | 2004 |
| Authors | Rux, Carl |
| Date Published | 2004 |
| Publisher | Atria Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | African American author, Male author |
| Annotation | A complex novel set in a war-torn New York City. The protagonist, who has recently returned from France, ends up in a poor, deteriorating neighborhood in Brooklyn and the novel follows his interactions with his neighbors and flashbacks to his childhood. Although much of the novel was written before 9/11, the novel is obviously influenced by that day. |
| Additional Publishers | The novel was made into a play by the author with live music and video and performed at the CalArts Theater February 2 - 4, 2006. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The African American author is a poet, playwright, song writer, and choreographer. This is his first novel |
| Full Text | 2004 Rux, Carl Hancock. Asphalt. Atria Books. PSt A complex novel set in a war-torn New York City. The protagonist, who has recently returned from France, ends up in a poor, deteriorating neighborhood in Brooklyn and the novel follows his interactions with his neighbors and flashbacks to his childhood. Although much of the novel was written before 9/11, the novel is obviously influenced by that day. The novel was made into a play by the author with live music and video and performed at the CalArts Theater February 2 - 4, 2006. The African American author is a poet, playwright, song writer, and choreographer. This is his first novel. |
