{"product_id":"song-for-almeyda-and-song-for-anninho-hardcover","title":"Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGayl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jones's great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.\"--Anna Wiener, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing\u003c\/i\u003e--two epic poems, the love songs of fugitive slaves, set in 17th-century Brazil; continuing the unforgettable journey told in Gayl Jones's masterwork, \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e (2021)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called her favorite writer, offers 2 books in one with this volume of poetry. Jones renders the saga of Palmares, a foundational tale in the annals of colonial terrorism and Black resistance, in verse, told in the voices of the characters in her epic novel \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late 17th century, the fugitive slave enclave of Palmares was destroyed by Portuguese colonists. Amid the flight and re-enslavement of Palmares's inhabitants emerges the love story of Almeyda and Anninho. In \u003ci\u003eSong for Anninho\u003c\/i\u003e, Almeyda moves between a dark present, in which she is once again enslaved and abused by a terrible captor, and memories of her lover, Anninho, whom she believes to have been killed. \u003ci\u003eSong for Almeyda\u003c\/i\u003e, released now for the first time, is told in the voices of Anninho and his fellow warriors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e (one of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best Books We Read in 2020\" picks), which tracked the legacy of enslavement, and \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e will especially appreciate these verses. Brimming with intimacy, history, and revolution, the poems collected serve as a declaration of decolonial love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan. Her landmark books include \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEva's Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Healing \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Book Award finalist and\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year), \u003ci\u003ePalmares \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction), and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcatcher\u003c\/i\u003e (National Book Award finalist).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766920642848,"sku":"9780807029909","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed41392c171fd171a89db9536d16a5f6.webp?v=1780301030","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/song-for-almeyda-and-song-for-anninho-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}