Marlon James Knihy

Dobrodružná sága je příběhem bojovníka a nájemného žoldáka Stopaře, který hledá ztracené dítě. V sázce však není „jenom“ jeden lidský život, ale osudy mnoha dalších lidí. Děj, protkaný množstvím odboček, halucinací a snů, plynoucí v horečném tempu, se odehrává ve starobylé a temné Africe, která spíše než skutečné místo připomíná fantasy svět. Marlon James, který v roce 2015 obdržel jako první jamajský autor prestižní Man Bookerovu cenu, v ní čerpá z afrických mytologií, kniha je však také protkána nesčetnými narážkami na světovou literaturu, od Krvavé komnaty Angely Carterové po Satanské verše Salmana Rushdieho, na popkulturní ikony, komiksové hrdiny, oblíbené seriály. Archetypální cesta hlavního hrdiny odkazuje k Jungovi stejně jako k postavám Luka Skywalkera nebo Froda. Rozsáhlá kniha je prvním dílem zamýšlené trilogie Dark Star (Temná hvězda).

Lilith was born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they--and she--will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age and reveals the extent of her power, they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings and desires and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman in Jamaica, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link.

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.

Jamaica, 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters – slum kids, one-night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunmen, journalists, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century

Marlon James recounts a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957 in language as taute as Cormac McCarthy's and infused with a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison.