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The prophets : a novel
- Title
- The prophets : a novel / Robert Jones, Jr.
- Author
- Jones, Robert, Jr., 1971-
- Publication
- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 21-952 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 21-5378 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 388 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and the betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of sanctuary, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when a older man - a fellow slave - seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surrounds them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries - of ancestors and future generations to come - culminates in a climactic reckoning, The Prophets masterfully reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Romance fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Gay fiction.
- Fiction.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-952
- ISBN
- 9780593085684
- 059308568X
- LCCN
- 2020042100
- 40030321256
- OCLC
- 1150005917
- Author
- Jones, Robert, Jr., 1971- author.
- Title
- The prophets : a novel / Robert Jones, Jr.
- Publisher
- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Jones, Robert, Jr., 1977- The prophets New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021] 9780593085707 (DLC) 2020042101
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030321256
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-952JFE 21-5378