Ten bookshelf must-haves for 2021
Robert Jones Jr There has been a great deal of hype around this novel, which tells the story of the forbidden union between Isiah and Samuel, two enslaved men who work on a plantation in the American Deep South. With deeply evocative lyricism that has been compared to Toni Morrison, this tale of intimacy and betrayal amid a backdrop of injustice will feel poignantly and painfully familiar to South African readers. Author Robert Jones Jr is the creator of Son of Baldwin, a social justice online community that pays tribute to author James Baldwin. Quercus (Distributed in SA by Jonathan Ball Pub...
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