The Book of Night Women
Audiobook CD - 2009
James presents a dramatic slave narrative set on a 19th-century Jamaican sugar plantation. Ever since she was a small child, Lilith has been closely watched by a contingent of fellow slaves--calling themselves the Night Women--who have long planned a revolt. Though she does not yet know it, Lilith is the key to their carefully laid plans.
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Publisher:
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
Edition:
Unabridged.
ISBN:
9781436198431
Characteristics:
14 compact discs (15 hr., 45 min.) :,digital ;,12 cm.
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Add a CommentBooker-prize winning author Marlon James's historical fiction novel about slavery in Jamaica can be a hard book to read at times, but we cannot turn away from our history just because it is unpleasant. A very powerful book centered on one slave girl and her experiences on a Jamaican sugar plantation in the early 1800s. I wish MCPL owned a copy of the book in addition to the audiobook.
Like in A History of Seven Killings, James uses dialect. It takes a little getting used to, but it is worth it.