Black Leopard, Red Wolf(Reprint) (The Dark Star Trilogy) by MarlonJames Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2020 by Riverhead Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7352-2018-8, ISBN: 0-7352-2018-2
"FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post "A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." --Neil Gaiman "Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times The epic novel, an African Game of Thrones, from the Man Booker Prize ..."
"An Amazon Best Book of the Month, October 2014: This is a book that I did not expect to enjoy. Having finished it—and feeling, as I do now, that A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the best books I’ve read all year—I went back and identified the reasons why I did not expect to like it. Reason #1— The story is an oral history told in multiple voices: that’s true, but James’ enormous talent makes the multiple voices work. Reading ..."
The Book of Night Women(Reprint) by MarlonJames Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2010 by Riverhead Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-59448-436-0, ISBN: 1-59448-436-8
"From the author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings "An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review 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. ..."
A Brief History of Seven Killings(1st Edition) WINNER of the Man Booker Prize 2015 by MarlonJames Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 2015 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-635-7, ISBN: 1-78074-635-0
"SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: WIRED GQ BBC CULTURE NEW YORK TIMES, Michiko Kakutani WASHINGTON POST ELECTRIC LITERATURE TIME PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AMAZON HUFFINGTON POST CHICAGO TRIBUNE NEWSWEEK WALL STREET JOURNAL HOUSTON CHRONICLE LIBRARY JOURNAL BOOKPAGE POPSUGAR BUZZFEED SALON, Laura Miller KANSAS CITY STAR L MAGAZINE SEATTLE TIMES BOSTON GLOBE JAMAICA, 1976 Seven gunm ..."
John Crow's Devil(Reprint) by MarlonJames Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2010 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-936070-10-7, ISBN: 1-936070-10-3
"The incredible debut novel from 2015 Man Booker Prize winner Marlon JamesFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize"A powerful first novel...Writing with assurance and control, James uses his small-town drama to suggest the larger anguish of a postcolonial society struggling for its own identity." --New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice"A Brief History of Seven Killings might have won the Boo ..."
Black Leopard, Red Wolf(1st Edition) Dark Star Trilogy 1 by MarlonJames Hardcover, 640 Pages, Published 2019 by Riverhead ISBN-13: 978-0-241-31554-5, ISBN: 0-241-31554-9
"'Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's. I cannot wait for the next installment' Neil Gaiman, author of American GodsIn this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James draws ..."
"'Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's. I cannot wait for the next installment' Neil GaimanIn this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of Af ..."
" One of the Top 10 Books of 2014 Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Named a best book of the year by: The New York Times Chicago Tribune The Washington Post The Boston Globe Time Newsweek The Huffington Post The Seattle Times The Houston Chronicle Publishers Weekly Library Journal Popsugar BookPage BuzzFeed Books ..."
The Book of Night Women(1st Edition) by MarlonJames Hardcover, 417 Pages, Published 2009 by Riverhead Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-59448-857-3, ISBN: 1-59448-857-6
"From the author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings "An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review The Book of Night Women is a sweeping, startling novel, a true tour de force of both voice and storytelling. 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 wome ..."
Black Leopard, Red Wolf(1st Edition) Dark Star Trilogy Book 1 by MarlonJames Paperback, 720 Pages, Published 2020 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-241-98185-6, ISBN: 0-241-98185-9
"'Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's. I cannot wait for the next installment' Neil GaimanIn this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of Af ..."
John Crow's Devil(1st Edition) by MarlonJames Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2015 by Oneworld Publications, London, England ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-849-8, ISBN: 1-78074-849-3
"The incredible debut novel from 2015 Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James"A powerful first novel . . . Writing with assurance and control, James uses his small-town drama to suggest the larger anguish of a postcolonial society struggling for its own identity." --New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)"Elements coalesce in a Jamaican stew spicier than jerk chicken. First novelist James moves effortlessly between lyrical patois and t ..."
"The Book of Night Women is a sweeping, startling novel, a true tour de force of both voice and storytelling. 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 ..."
"On 3 December 1976, just weeks before the general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions, seven gunmen from West Kingston stormed his house with machine guns blazing. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert, but the next day he left the country, and didn't return for two years. Not a lot was recorded about the fate of the seven gunmen, but much has been ..."
Book of Night Women (Paperback) by MarlonJames Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2010 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-728-2, ISBN: 1-85168-728-9
John Crow's Devil by MarlonJames Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2008 by Macmillan Caribbean ISBN-13: 978-0-230-03488-4, ISBN: 0-230-03488-8
"In the village of Gibbeah - where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives - magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem. In this town, a battle is fought between two men of God. The story begins when a drunkard named Hector Bligh (the 'Rum Preacher') is dragged from his pulpit by a man calling himself 'Apostle' York. Handsome and brash, York demands a fire-and-brimstone church, but s ..."
John Crow's Devil by MarlonJames Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 2005 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-888451-82-5, ISBN: 1-888451-82-3
"“Pile them up, a Marlon James character says repeatedly, and Marlon does just that. Pile them up: language, imagery, technique, imagination. All fresh, all exciting. This is a writer to watch out for.”—Chris Abani, author of GraceLand, winner of the Hemingway/PEN Award“This is the finest and most important first novel I’ve read in years. James’s writing brings to mind early Toni Morrison, Jessica Hagedorn, and Gabriel García Márquez.”—K ..."
"African Americans migrated from southern regions of the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa during the early 20th century, settling in large urban communities in the Midwestern, Northern, and Western regions of the United States. During the early 21st century, African Americans continued their post-industrialized transition from their initial urban locations to suburban and exurban locations, with class, income, and education being ..."
"... Steven Okazaki, David Handler, Geraldine Brooks, Yaa Gyasi, Sergio De La
Pava, Dave Eggers, Timothy Egan, Li Yiyun, Meg Wolitzer, ... Moriel Rothman-
Zecher, Jonathan Lethem, Salman Rushdie, Lauren Groff, Jennifer Egan, Scott
Turow, Morgan Parker, Victor Lavalle, ... FIGHT of the CENTURY Writers Reflect
on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases E D I TED BY MICHAEL CHABON &
AYELET ..."