Yonder, a novel, Jabari Asim
Type
Label
Yonder, a novel, Jabari Asim
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Yonder
Oclc number
1287994405
Responsibility statement
Jabari Asim
Sub title
a novel
Summary
"The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this beautifully rendered novel. They 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. In a world that would be allegorical if it weren't saturated in harsh truths, Cato and William meet at Placid Hall, a plantation in the American South. Subject to the whims of their tyrannical and eccentric captor, Cannonball Greene, they never know what harm may befall them, but it is the wanton destruction of love--the belief that black people aren't even capable of loving--that hurts the most. It hurts the reserved and stubborn William, who finds himself falling for Margaret. And it hurts Cato, whose first love, Iris, was sold off with no forewarning. He now finds solace in his hearty band of friends and Pandora, whose beauty calls to him. Their relationships begin to fray when a visiting minister staets to fill their heads with ideas of independence. Do they follow the preacher and pursue the unknown?"--, Back cover