The Book of Night Women: From the Man Booker prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings - Brossura

Marlon James

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ISBN 10: 1851687211 ISBN 13: 9781851687213

Casa editrice: Oneworld Publications, 2009

Riassunto

Described by the New York Times as "both beautifully written and devastating", The Book of Night Women is a startling, hard-edged dissection of slavery - a tour de force of voice and storytelling. At the heart of the novel is the extraordinary character of Lilith, a spirited slave girl struggling to transcend the violence into which she is born, her story narrated in one of the boldest literary voices to grace the page. Overflowing with high drama and heartbreak, at its centre is the conspiracy of the Night Women, a clandestine council of fierce slave women plotting an island-wide revolt. Rebellions simmer, incidents of sadism and madness run rampant, and the tangled web of power relationships dramatically unravels amid dangerous secrets, unspoken jealousies, inhuman violence, and very human emotion.

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Recensione:

Both beautifully written and devastating --New York Times

An epic novel --Time Out

L'autore:

Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. He graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1991 with a degree in literature. His first novel, John Crow's Devil, was shortlisted for the commonwealth Writers Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is currently working on his third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oneworld Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1851687211
• ISBN 13: 9781851687213
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 432