Marlon James (geb. 1970): Moon Witch, Spider King, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Moon Witch, Spider King
- Dark Star Trilogy 2
- Verlag:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 03/2023
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, B-format paperback
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241981795
- Artikelnummer:
- 10980788
- Umfang:
- 656 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 500 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 129 mm
- Stärke:
- 35 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 9.3.2023
- Serie:
- Dark Star Trilogy - Band 2
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE REVOLUTIONARY DARK STAR TRILOGY
'Even more gripping and inventive than its predecessor . . . like Tolkien on ayahuasca' Observer
*Perfect for fans of Pratchett, George R. R. Martin and Octavia Butler*
In this mighty follow-up to his number one bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf , Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to tell the story of Sogolon the Moon Witch.
Part adventure story, part tale of an indomitable woman, Moon Witch, Spider King chronicles the antagonist-turned-antihero's journey from an ostracised no-name girl, hated by her brothers and made to live in a termite hill, to a woman with fully developed powers engaged in a long-standing feud with the Aesi, chancellor to the king.
Offering Sogolon's version of the events of Black Leopard, Red Wolf , Moon Witch, Spider King is an unforgettable exploration of power, resistance and revenge set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.
'A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's' Neil Gaiman
'James masterfully flips the first instalment on its head . . . [A] titanic story of empire, adventure and power' Esquire
'Told with James' inimitable linguistic verve . . . Riotous, ultraviolent, dazzlingly inventive' Literary Hub
Biografie
Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. He is the author of The Book of Night Women, which won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction and an NAACP Image Award. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. James lives in Minneapolis. He is the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015.
