The book was first published in hardback on february 19, 2009, by riverhead books. Time out pile them up, a marlon james character says repeatedly, and marlon does just that. The second novel from kingston native marlon james will having you flipping pages, thirsty for more story, late into the night. This is the story of lilith, born into slavery on a jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. While the gruesome history of slavery in the americas is a story we may dare to think we already know, every page of the book of night women reminds us that we dont know nearly enough. Lilith, a greeneyed mulatto girl is born into slavery. Publication date 2009 topics slaves fiction, jamaica fiction publisher riverhead books collection. In a colonial town, burdened by our cultural history. 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. I read and loved his debut novel, john crows devil, a magnificent novel of humanity engaged in the eternal battle of good versus evil. James imbues his lively, energetic prose and unforgettable. At the center of the book of night women is a blackskinned, greeneyed slave woman, barely out of childhood, who struggles to transcend the violence into which she is born, a violence that.
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