The Book of Night Women
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Document Type
Book
Description
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.
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
Riverhead Books
City
New York
State
NY
Award
2010 Fiction Winner
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Fiction | History
Repository Citation
James , M. (2009). The Book of Night Women. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.
