In this blinding debut, Robert Jones Jr. blends the lyricism of Toni Morrison with the vivid prose of Zora Neale Hurston to characterise the forceful, enduring bond of love, and what happens when brutality threatens the purest form of serenity. The Halifax plantation is known as Empty by the slaves who work it under the pitiless gaze of its overseers and its owner, Massa Paul. Two young enslaved men, Samuel and Isaiah dwell among the animals they keep in the barn, helping out in the fields when their day is done. But the barn is their haven, a space of radiance and love - away from the blis The Prophets - Robert Jones od authora Robert Jones a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Robert Jones |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
400 |
Rok vydání |
2021 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Nakladatelství |
Riverrun |