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*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'This visionary and deeply evocative debut carves a radiant love story out of the bleakest of landscapes.' Waterstones - Best Books to Look Out For in 2021'An Outstanding novel' Guardian'A lyrical, poetic novel' Independent**'Epic in its scale' Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf'A rare marvel' Ocean V...

Best Book of the YearNPR • The Washington Post • Boston Globe• TIME • USA Today • Entertainment Weekly • Real Simple • Parade • Buzzfeed • Electric Literature • LitHub • BookRiot • PopSugar • Goop • Library Journal • BookBub • KCRW• Finalist for the National Book Award• One of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year• One of the New York Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year

Sur la plantation de Paul et Ruth Halifax dans le Mississippi, des centaines d’esclaves travaillent dans les champs de coton. Les sévices corporels sont quotidiens, et la misère, la règle. Seuls Isaiah et Samuel, deux jeunes esclaves, bénéficient d’un peu d’intimité, car autorisés à dormir dans la grange avec les chevaux dont ils ont la charge. Maggie, qui travaille à la cuisine pour les Halifax, veille sur eux. Comme beaucoup d’autres, elle sait que les deux hommes sont amants.Ce f...

Un debut singular e impresionante sobre la unión prohibida entre dos jóvenes esclavos en una plantación del Sur profundoIsaiah era de Samuel y Samuel era de Isaiah. Había sido así desde el principio, y así habría de ser hasta el final. En el establo cuidan de los animales, pero también el uno del otro, transformando la construcción hueca en un espacio de cobijo humano, una fuente de intimidad y esperanza en un mundo gobernado por crueles patrones. Sin embargo, cuan...

'Rarely is a book this finely wrought, the lives and histories it holds so tenderly felt, and rendered unforgettably true' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousIn 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 pl...

»Profeterna frammanar det bästa av Toni Morrison samtidigt som den är sitt helt eget, virtuosa verk. En lovsång till ihållande kärlek.« The Guardian»Lyrisk och upprorisk. Må Profeterna kasta sin förtrollning över oss alla.« New York Times»En vidsträckt vision av kärlek och ondska. Ett skoningslöst porträtt av ett barbariskt system.« The New YorkerIsaiah har Samuel och Samuel har Isaiah. Så har det ...

Introduzir com altivez e dignidade a memória das pessoas escravizadas na história atual é uma urgência e um dever ético. Em Os profetas, Robert Jones, Jr. toma para si essa tarefa e a executa com maestria e talento extraordinários.Isaiah e Samuel são jovens escravizados que vivem no Vazio, uma plantação no interior do Mississipi. Se amam com o vigor da puberdade e a força de seus ancestrais africanos, que considerariam o amor entre dois homens apenas mais ...

With a new introduction by Robert Jones, Jr, author of The New York Times bestselling novel, The Prophets'Gloria Naylor is a brilliant word-worker and a breathtaking story-teller. Mama Day is her masterpiece' Tayari Jones'A sweeping, ambitious, gorgeous novel - takes you by the throat and refuses to let go. Mama Day is a stone-cold masterpiece' Carmen Maria MachadoBetween Georgia ...

William Landon Gorilla Jones was a middleweight champion in 1932, winning an elimination tournament in Milwaukee a year after Mickey Walker gave the title up. Jones beat Italian boxer Oddone Piazza for the title. Jones conceded the title a year later in France following a unification bout that he lost. Then Gorilla won the title back once more and later retired in 1940. After his ring career Jones worked as a chauffeur/bodyguard for entertainer Mae West. She helped him buy property in Los ...

Beatle John Lennon once said that near the end of his life Rolling Stones' founder and guitarist Brian Jones was a tortured person. German model Anita Pallenberg has confirmed this fact in several published reminiscences of the Stones. Brian Jones died a mysterious death shortly after midnight on July 3, 1969. London builder Frank Thorogood and Jones' girlfriend were with him at the time. An initial statement released by the English band mentioned an asthma attack as a likely cause of deat...

New Frontiers in International Communication Theory offers a wide-ranging assessment of the present state of the field of international communication and charts new directions for theory and research. It brings together renowned and emerging scholars who challenge the field to move beyond the limits of existing formulations, approaches, and trajectories, providing an alternative and a supplement to traditional approaches in analysis and study. In rethinking the central problematics of the ...