{"product_id":"yonder-paperback","title":"Yonder - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJabari Asim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Water Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Prophets\u003c\/i\u003e in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-19th century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey call themselves the Stolen. Their owners call them captives. They are taught their captors' tongues and their beliefs but they have a language and rituals all their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world that would be allegorical if it weren't saturated in harsh truths, Cato and William meet at Placid Hall, a plantation in an unspecified part of the American South. Subject to the whims of their tyrannical and eccentric captor, Cannonball Greene, they never know what harm may befall them: inhumane physical toil in the plantation's quarry by day, a beating by night, or the sale of a loved one at any moment. It's that cruel practice--the wanton destruction of love, the belief that Black people aren't even capable of loving--that hurts the most. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt hurts the reserved and stubborn William, who finds himself falling for Margaret, a small but mighty woman with self-possession beyond her years. And it hurts Cato, whose first love, Iris, was sold off with no forewarning. He now finds solace in his hearty band of friends, including William, who is like a brother; Margaret; Little Zander; and Milton, a gifted artist. There is also Pandora, with thick braids and long limbs, whose beauty calls to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir relationships begin to fray when a visiting minister with a mysterious past starts to fill their heads with ideas about independence. He tells them that with freedom comes the right to choose the small things--when to dine, when to begin and end work--as well as the big things, such as whom and how to love. Do they follow the preacher and pursue the unknown? Confined in a landscape marked by deceit and uncertainty, who can they trust? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an elegant work of monumental imagination that will reorient how we think of the legacy of America's shameful past, Jabari Asim presents a beautiful, powerful, and elegiac novel that examines intimacy and longing in the quarters while asking a vital question: What would happen if an enslaved person risked everything for love?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJabari Asim is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. He directs the MFA program in creative writing at Emerson College, where he is also the Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice. His nonfiction books include \u003ci\u003eThe N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e What Obama Means: For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNot Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWe Can't Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e. His books for children include \u003ci\u003eWhose Toes Are Those? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePreaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e. His works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eA Taste of Honey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnly the Strong\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760878584096,"sku":"9781982163174","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8a7b8186b8066467732be3dda52d5329.webp?v=1780192704","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/yonder-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}