{"product_id":"palmares-by-gayl-jones","title":"Palmares by Gayl Jones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A once-in-a-lifetime work of literature, the kind that changes your understanding of the world' Yara Rodriguez Fowler,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Astonishingly rich in character and incident, filled with magic and mystery'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intricate, mesmerizing and endlessly inventive and subversive' Deesha Philyaw, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A story woven with extraordinary complexity, depth and skill', Robert Jones, Jr, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prophets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN EPIC TALE OF LOVE AND LIBERATION SET IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY COLONIAL BRAZIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom plantation to plantation, Almeyda, a young slave girl, hears whispers, rumours of Palmares, a hidden settlement where fugitive slaves live free. But can this promised land exist? And what price is paid for 'freedom'?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalmares,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGayl Jones brings to life a world full of unforgettable characters, reimagining extraordinary historical events and combining them with mythology and magic. The result is a sweeping saga spanning a quarter of a century. Of Gayl Jones, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003enoted, '[Her] great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.' Like nothing else before it,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eembodies this gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 14\/09\/2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Historical Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 483\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 234 x 154mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gayl Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52486477152566,"sku":"9780349015255","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Book_94_83280278-d670-47ba-b49a-4570aa8598e3.jpg?v=1753853190","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/palmares-by-gayl-jones","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}