The book of night women review5/23/2023 “The narrative voice is so assured and the descriptions so detailed and believable that one can’t help being engaged. And the results of that experiment are an undeniable success.” “Both beautifully written and devastating…Writing in the spirit of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker but in a style all his own, James has conducted an experiment in how to write the unspeakable- even the unthinkable. 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. 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. 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. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they- and she-will come to both revere and fear. It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. "An undeniable success.” - The New York Times Book ReviewĪ true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. From the author of the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings
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