She Would Be King
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Erscheinungsdatum
30.05.2019
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368 (Printausgabe)
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488 KB
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Englisch
EAN
9781911590125
'This bold début novel uses magic realism to reimagine the founding of Liberia... The force and the symbolism of myth pervade Moore's engrossing tale' New Yorker
'Epic, beautiful, and magical, this astonishing first novel boldly announces the arrival of a remarkable new storyteller' Edwidge Danticat
In the West African village of Lai, red-haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled on suspicion of being a witch. Bitten by a viper and left for dead, she nevertheless survives. Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia, June Dey hides his unusual strength until a confrontation forces him to flee. And in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, Norman Aragon, the child of a white British coloniser and a Maroon slave, can fade from sight at will, just as his mother could.
Gbessa, misunderstood by her own people, finds a new life with a group of African American settlers in the colony of Monrovia, and when she meets June Dey and Norman Aragon, it isn't long before they realise that they are all cursed - or, perhaps, uniquely gifted. Together they protect the weak and vulnerable, but only Gbessa can salvage the tense relationship between the settlers and the indigenous tribes.
In her transcendent debut, Wayétu Moore illuminates the tumultuous roots of Liberia. A spectacular blend of history and magical realism, She Would be King is a novel of profound depths from a major new author.
Wayétu Moore is the founder of One Moore Book and is a graduate of Howard University, Columbia University, and the University of Southern California. She teaches at the City University of New York's John Jay College and lives in Brooklyn.
'Epic, beautiful, and magical, this astonishing first novel boldly announces the arrival of a remarkable new storyteller' Edwidge Danticat
In the West African village of Lai, red-haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled on suspicion of being a witch. Bitten by a viper and left for dead, she nevertheless survives. Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia, June Dey hides his unusual strength until a confrontation forces him to flee. And in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, Norman Aragon, the child of a white British coloniser and a Maroon slave, can fade from sight at will, just as his mother could.
Gbessa, misunderstood by her own people, finds a new life with a group of African American settlers in the colony of Monrovia, and when she meets June Dey and Norman Aragon, it isn't long before they realise that they are all cursed - or, perhaps, uniquely gifted. Together they protect the weak and vulnerable, but only Gbessa can salvage the tense relationship between the settlers and the indigenous tribes.
In her transcendent debut, Wayétu Moore illuminates the tumultuous roots of Liberia. A spectacular blend of history and magical realism, She Would be King is a novel of profound depths from a major new author.
Wayétu Moore is the founder of One Moore Book and is a graduate of Howard University, Columbia University, and the University of Southern California. She teaches at the City University of New York's John Jay College and lives in Brooklyn.
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