The Book of Night Women
MARLON JAMES

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James 71 reviews (2009) (448p) National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist

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Book Description

A true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. It 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 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 they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings, desires, and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link. But the real revelation of the book-the secret to the stirring imagery and insistent prose-is Marlon James himself, a young writer at once breath­takingly daring and wholly in command of his craft.

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Marlon James Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 4   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 3   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 2 The Book of Night Women · A Brief History of Seven Killings ·   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 1 Black Leopard, Red Wolf ·   Man Booker Prize Wins 1 A Brief History of Seven Killings ·   Man Booker Prize Nominations 1 A Brief History of Seven Killings ·   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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