John Crow's Devil - Softcover

James, Marlon

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ISBN 10: 1936070103 ISBN 13: 9781936070107

Verlag: AKASHIC BOOKS, 2010

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"Marlon James spins his magical web in this novel and we willingly suspend disbelief, rewarded by the window he opens to Jamaica (and a world) rarely portrayed in fiction."
--Elizabeth Nunez, author of Bruised Hibiscus, winner of the American Book Award

"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 good book and a writer to watch out for."
--Chris Abani, author of GraceLand, winner of the Hemingway/PEN Award

"John Crow's Devil is the finest and most important first novel I've read in years. Marlon James's writing brings to mind early Toni Morrison, Jessica Hagedorn, and Gabriel García Márquez."
--Kaylie Jones, author of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

"Marlon James is a writer to watch. John Crow's Devil is the kind of stylistically mature first novel that often comes at the beginning of an enduring career."
--Colin Channer, author of Waiting in Vain and Passing Through

Reseña del editor:

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 trenchant observations . . . It's 150-proof literary rum guaranteed to intoxicate and enchant. Highly recommended."
--Library Journal (*starred* review)

This stunning debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957 with language as taut as classic works by Cormac McCarthy and a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison.

Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. His second novel, The Book of Night Women, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, was released in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim. Currently a professor of literature and creative writing at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, he divides his time between Jamaica, New York City, and the Twin Cities.

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• Verlag: AKASHIC BOOKS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1936070103
• ISBN 13: 9781936070107
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 230