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Marlon James

    24 de noviembre de 1970

    Marlon James escribe con una audacia urgente, dando forma a sus narrativas en tapices dinámicos y sonoros. Sus obras se sumergen profundamente en las resonantes profundidades de la historia, explorando experiencias humanas complejas en escenarios tan austeros como sus personajes. La narración de James es a menudo polifónica, empleando una rica paleta de perspectivas para representar puntos de vista intrincados y desvelar verdades inquebrantables sobre el poder, la traición y la resistencia.

    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
    • In this stunning follow-up to Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine an ancient world, a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers... Marlon James weaves a tapestry of breathtaking adventure through a world at once ancient and startlingly modern. And, against this exhilarating backdrop of magic and violence, he explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.

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

      • 720 páginas
      • 26 horas de lectura

      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

      • 432 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      This is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the Night Women – a clandestine council of fierce slaves plotting an island-wide revolt – recognize a dark force in her that they treat with both reverence and fear. But as Lilith comes of age and begins to understand her own feelings and identity, she dares to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman. And as rebellions simmer and unspoken jealousies intensify, Lilith’s powers and sense of purpose threaten not just her own destiny, but the destinies of all the slave women in Jamaica.

      The Book of Night Women2009
      4,5