Marlon James

Broschiertes Buch

The Book of Night Women

From the Man Booker prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

Beschreibung

A startling, hard-edged dissection of slavery and a tour de force of both voice and storytelling

Autor

MARLON JAMES was born in Jamaica. He is the author of The Book of Night Women (Oneworld, 2009), which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His debut novel, John Crow's Devil (Oneworld, 2015), was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was a New York Times Editors' Choice. A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld 2014), his third novel, won the Man Booker Prize, the American Book Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Fiction Prize, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and featured in over twenty best books of the year lists. His short fiction and non-fiction has appeared in Esquire and Granta. He teaches at Macalester College, Minnesota, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 129mm x 197mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781780746524
• ISBN-10: 1780746520
• Artikelnr.: 41038182