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. 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
comes of age they see her as the key to their plans. 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. 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.