The Resource Palmares, Gayl Jones
Palmares, Gayl Jones
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The item Palmares, Gayl Jones represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- From plantation to plantation, Almeyda, a young slave girl, hears whispers, rumours of Palmares, a hidden settlement where fugitive slaves live free. But can this promised land exist? And what price is paid for 'freedom'? In Palmares, Gayl Jones brings to life a world full of unforgettable characters, reimagining extraordinary historical events and combining them with mythology and magic. The result is a sweeping saga spanning a quarter of a century. Of Gayl Jones, the New Yorker noted, '[Her] great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.' Like nothing else before it, Palmares embodies this gift. Palmares hails the return of a major voice in American literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (Atlantic). Gayl Jones was first discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, and her talent was praised by writers including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin and John Updike. After a handful of acclaimed novels, she withdrew from the publishing world. Now Jones returns with her first new novel in over twenty years
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 492 pages
- Note
- "Gayl Jones, author of Corregidora" --Page [1] of cover
- Isbn
- 9780349015255
- Label
- Palmares
- Title
- Palmares
- Statement of responsibility
- Gayl Jones
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From plantation to plantation, Almeyda, a young slave girl, hears whispers, rumours of Palmares, a hidden settlement where fugitive slaves live free. But can this promised land exist? And what price is paid for 'freedom'? In Palmares, Gayl Jones brings to life a world full of unforgettable characters, reimagining extraordinary historical events and combining them with mythology and magic. The result is a sweeping saga spanning a quarter of a century. Of Gayl Jones, the New Yorker noted, '[Her] great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.' Like nothing else before it, Palmares embodies this gift. Palmares hails the return of a major voice in American literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (Atlantic). Gayl Jones was first discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, and her talent was praised by writers including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin and John Updike. After a handful of acclaimed novels, she withdrew from the publishing world. Now Jones returns with her first new novel in over twenty years
- Cataloging source
- NJB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Gayl
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fugitive slave communities
- Slavery
- Blacks
- Palmares (Pernambuco)
- Brazil
- Brazil
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Palmares, Gayl Jones
- Note
- "Gayl Jones, author of Corregidora" --Page [1] of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069362316
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 492 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780349015255
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1195466328
- Label
- Palmares, Gayl Jones
- Note
- "Gayl Jones, author of Corregidora" --Page [1] of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069362316
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 492 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780349015255
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1195466328
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