The Prophets
*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
‘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 Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
‘Magisterial’ Courttia Newland, author of A River Called Time
‘A spellbinding debut’ COSMO
‘Ambitious and intense’ Vanity Fair
—————————-
One of:
The New York Times Book Review’s Books to Watch for in January
The Washington Post’s 10 Books to Read in January
TIME’s 10 New Books You Should Read in January
O, the Oprah Magazine’s 32 LGBTQ Books That Will Change
the Literary Landscape in 2021
Cosmopolitan’s New LGBTQ+ Books to Add to Your Reading List
BuzzFeed’s Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of 2021
Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021
The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of 2021
————————–
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 blistering sun and the cruelty of the toubabs – where they can be alone together.
But, Amos – a fellow slave – has begun to direct suspicion towards the two men and their refusal to bend. Their flickering glances, unspoken words and wilful intention, revealing a truth that threatens to rock the stability of the plantation. And preaching the words of Massa Paul’s gospel, he betrays them.
The culminating pages of The Prophets summon a choral voice of those who have suffered in silence, with blistering humanity, as the day of reckoning arrives at the Halifax plantation. Love, in all its permutations, is the discovery at the heart of Robert Jones Jr’s breathtaking debut, The Prophets.
Related products
-
Contemporary Fiction - Fiction
Mannen som visste allt
Det är 1988 och den unge historikern Saul Adler kliver ut på det berömda övergångsstället vid Abbey Road Studios i London för att hans flickvän Jennifer ska ta en bild av honom. Någon stund senare vaknar Saul till liv när en tysk bilförare står lutad över honom och frågar hur han mår. Saul reser sig […]
249 SEK -
Food & Drink - Travel
The Eater Guide to Los Angeles
A comprehensive food-lover’s guidebook to Los Angeles from Eater, the online authority on where to eat and why it matters. Eater City Guide: Los Angeles is your go-to source for getting immersed in LA’s famously vibrant and diverse dining culture. Offering context on how the local scene has been shaped by history, immigration, agriculture, and tradition, […]
215 SEK -
Fiction
The Only Story
Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of […]
129 SEK -
Health - Self-Help & Personal Development
Not-To-Do List
‘We systematically overestimate the role of success factors; but at the same time, we systematically disregard the role of failure factors. Why? Because successful companies, projects and people make it into the media. Flops, on the other hand – no one wants to hear about them. Deadbeats don’t usually write autobiographies. And in the rare […]
235 SEK -
Art - Photography
At the End of the Dream (Cover C)
Olof Grinds bok At the End of the Dream sträcker sig över en period av 10 år och utgår ifrån ett queert självbiografiskt drömskt narrativ med glimtar av platser och människor, som dokumenterar processen av att kliva in i det vuxna livet och frihetskänslan som kommer med detta. Att genomleva sin tjugoårsperiod kan liknas med […]
495 SEK -
Children´s - Kids
De fantastiska djurens bok
Den schweiziska illustratören Adrienne Barman har slagit igenom stort med sina fantasieggande »alfabetsböcker« om naturen och – framför allt – dess osannolika invånare!
165 SEK -
Contemporary Fiction - Fiction
Flicka, 1983
Genom att skriva berättelsen så sannfärdigt jag kan, försöker jag samla dem i en kropp kvinnan från 2021 och flickan från 1983. Jag vet inte om det är möjligt. Paris 1983. Hon är 16 år och har gått vilse i vinternatten, på en lapp har hon adressen till den trettio år äldre fotografen. Nästan fyrtio […]
95 SEK -
Fashion
The International Best-Dressed List: The Official Story
This sumptuous volume–the ultimate sourcebook for fashion mavens, Instagram followers, and celebrity worshippers–presents the complete history of the much-lauded and highly visible International Best-Dressed List (IBDL) launched by Eleanor Lambert, “Godmother of Fashion,” in 1940. The List has become a barometer of style and the highest honor a sartorial savant can receive, and today it’s […]
625 SEK