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Marlon James

    24 november 1970

    Marlon James schrijft met een gedurfde urgentie en vormt zijn verhalen tot dynamische, sonore tapijten. Zijn werken duiken diep in de resonerende diepten van de geschiedenis en verkennen complexe menselijke ervaringen in omgevingen die net zo sober zijn als zijn personages. James' vertelkunst is vaak meerstemmig en maakt gebruik van een rijk palet aan perspectieven om ingewikkelde gezichtspunten weer te geven en onwrikbare waarheden over macht, verraad en uithoudingsvermogen te onthullen.

    Marlon James
    Tod und Teufel in Gibbeah
    Black leopard, red wolf
    John Crow's devil
    A Brief History of Seven Kilings
    Moon, Witch, Spider, King
    The book of night women
    • Moon, Witch, Spider, King

      • 656bladzijden
      • 23 uur lezen

      In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. It's also the story of a century-long feud-seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch-that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Aesi's power is considerable-and deadly. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own. Both a brilliant narrative device-seeing the story told in Black Leopard, Red Wolf from the perspective of an adversary and a woman-as well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire, Moon Witch, Spider King delves into Sogolon's world as she fights to tell her own story. Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man, it is a fascinating novel that explores power, personality, and the places where they overlap

      Moon, Witch, Spider, King2022
      4,2
    • Black leopard, red wolf

      • 720bladzijden
      • 26 uur lezen

      Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter - and he always works alone. But when he is engaged to find a child who disappeared three years ago, he must break his own rules, joining a group of eight very different mercenaries working together to find the boy.Following the lost boy's scent from one ancient city to another, into dense forests and across deep rivers, Tracker starts to wonder- Who is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?Drawing from vivid African history and mythology, Marlon James weaves a saga of breathtaking adventure and powerful intrigue - a mesmerising, unique meditation on the nature of truth and power.

      Black leopard, red wolf2019
      3,4
    • Marlon James recounts a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957 in language as taute as Cormac McCarthy's and infused with a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison.

      John Crow's devil2015
      3,6
    • Jamaica, 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters – slum kids, one-night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunmen, journalists, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century

      A Brief History of Seven Kilings2014
      3,9
    • The book of night women

      • 432bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      Lilith was born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they--and she--will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age and reveals the extent of her power, they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings and desires and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman in Jamaica, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link.

      The book of night women2009
      4,5