- Fiction, Literature, Religion, Clergy
This stunning debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957. In the village of Gibbeah—where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives—magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and overwhelming.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Marlon James
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 231
- Publisher
- Akashic Books, akashic books, imusti
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781936070107
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