ENGLISH

The Book of Night Women

By Marlon James

Book information

Publisher
Riverhead Books
Year
2009
ISBN
1594484368
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
353 kB (361452 bytes)
Edition
1st Edition
Pages
448\0
Topic
Literature Prose
Time added
2015-10-14 02:54:47
Библиотека;Зарубежная литература;На английском язы

Description

A true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they- and she-will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings, desires, and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link. But the real revelation of the book-the secret to the stirring imagery and insistent prose-is Marlon James himself, a young writer at once breath­takingly daring and wholly in command of his craft.

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