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 stunning follow-up to Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine an ancient world, a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers... Marlon James weaves a tapestry of breathtaking adventure through a world at once ancient and startlingly modern. And, against this exhilarating backdrop of magic and violence, he explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.

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.