{"product_id":"9780349015255","title":"Gayl Jones - Palmares","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Gayl Jones. Themes include Fiction, Historical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Epic Tale Of Love And Liberation, Set In Seventeenth-Century Colonial Brazil\u003c\/b\u003eFrom 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 \u003ci\u003ePalmares,\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e noted, '[Her] great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.' Like nothing else before it, \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e embodies this gift. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e hails the return of a major voice in American literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e). 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58560143851894,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780349015255.jpg?v=1787930248","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780349015255","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}