Corregidora
- 192pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Gayl Jones Libri
23 novembre 1949
Gayl Jones crea narrazioni che vengono spesso paragonate a improvvisazioni jazz, esplorando gli intricati strati dell'identità e dell'esperienza afroamericana. Il suo lavoro si addentra nelle profonde ferite del passato e nella loro risonanza nel presente, indagando temi come il trauma, la memoria e il potere duraturo delle voci femminili. Jones fonde magistralmente uno stile lirico con l'urgenza narrativa, attirando i lettori in una complessa interazione di emozioni e riflessioni. I suoi distinti contributi letterari sono celebrati per la loro innovazione formale e la profondità della loro esplorazione tematica.
Eva's Man
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
An intense, searing novel exploring the damage of racial and sexual violence.
the Healing
- 296pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Harlan Jane Eagleton transforms herself from a minor rock star's manager to a traveling faith healer in this lyrical and often humorous exploration of the struggle to let go of pain, anger, and even love. "A major literary event . . . surprising, romantic, and wholly satisfying." -Veronica Chambers, Newsweek
Mosquito
- 624pagine
- 22 ore di lettura
"Set in a south Texas border town, Mosquito is the story of an African-American truck driver's accidental yet growing involvement in "the new underground railroad," a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants."-- Provided by publisher
The short story itself
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
"Two epic poems, the love songs of fugitive slaves, set in 17th-century Brazil"-- Provided by publisher
A dazzling collection of short fiction from Pulitzer and National Book Award Finalist, Gayl Jones
Marking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII South, narrated by a Black soldier who returns to Jim Crow and searches for a mythical idealSet in the early 1950s, this latest novel from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Gayl Jones follows the witty but perplexing army veteran Buddy Ray Guy as he embodies the fate of Black soldiers who return, not in glory, but into their Jim Crow communities.A cook and tractor repairman, Buddy was known as Budweiser to his army pals because he’s a wise guy. But underneath that surface, he is a true self-educated intellectual and a classic looking for religion, looking for meaning, looking for love.As he moves around the south, from his hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, primarily, to his second home of Memphis, Tennessee, he recalls his love affairs in post-war France and encounters with a variety of colorful characters and mythical circus barkers, topiary trimmers, landladies who provide shelter and plenty of advice for their all-Black clientele, proto feminists, and bigots. The lead among these characters is, of course, The Unicorn Woman, who exists, but mostly lives in Bud’s private mythology.Jones offers a rich, intriguing exploration of Black (and Indigenous) people in a time and place of frustration, disappointment, and spiritual hope.
An exciting new novel from a major voice in American literature - exploring artists in exile, dangerous relationships and the demands of creativity.