Research Catalog
Palmares
- Title
- Palmares / Gayl Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Gayl
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
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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 21-1147 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- 492 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The epic rendering of a Black woman's journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil. "Palmares" recounts the journey of Almeyda, a Black slave girl who comes of age on Portuguese plantations and escapes to a fugitive slave settlement called Palmares. Following its destruction, Almeyda embarks on a journey across colonial Brazil to find her husband lost in battle. Her story brings to life a world impacted by greed, conquest, and colonial desire. She encounters a mad lexicographer, desperate to avoid military service; a village that praises a god living in a nearby cave; and a medicine woman who offers great magic, at a greater price." --
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Magic realist fiction.
- Contents
- Almeydita -- Quilombo -- A leap through time and spirit -- The narratives of Barcala Aprigio -- The book of Jaguara and the apprentice -- Curandeira -- Almeyda continues her journey, or the new Palmares.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1147
- ISBN
- 9780807033494
- 0807033499
- LCCN
- 2021012710
- 40030730392
- OCLC
- 1227976333
- Author
- Jones, Gayl, author.
- Title
- Palmares / Gayl Jones.
- Publisher
- Boston : Beacon Press, [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 Standard Identifier
- 40030730392
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1147