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Marlon James
Born
in Kingston, Jamaica
November 24, 1970
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Interview with Maud Newton
Many of your reviews have emphasized the brutality and deprivation of the characters’ lives, and rightly so, but what is even more extraordinary about The Book of Night Women, to me at least, is the tormented romance that drives the last third of the story. Two characters fall into a twisted and passionate affair that sometimes seems like love, but never really can be. The relationship is at least
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“Killing don’t need no reason. This is ghetto. Reason is for rich people. We have madness.”
― A Brief History of Seven Killings
― A Brief History of Seven Killings
“I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at all; men just don’t know how to listen.”
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Polls
Time to vote on the July Members Choice book. If you vote please try to read the selection and comment on it in the ensuing thread.
This poll will remain open until June 13th.
(PS there will be a new nomination process in the group for our next non-fiction book posted yet today 6/8/23) Thanks.
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| Literary Fiction ...: "The Book of Night Women" National Book Critics Circle Finalist | 1 | 33 | Jan 23, 2010 07:54PM | |
| Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: The Book of Night Women | 88 | 222 | Jan 24, 2010 08:55AM | |
Chicks On Lit:
October Voting is OPEN
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15 | 171 | Aug 11, 2010 01:01PM | |
| Around the World: Kristen's list | 11 | 199 | Oct 29, 2011 05:33PM | |
| Chicks On Lit: Elizabeth's Reviews | 225 | 297 | Jan 23, 2012 07:51AM | |
| The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2012: Reading Plans | 39 | 331 | Aug 15, 2012 09:20AM | |
| Black Coffee: July Book Discussion: The Book Of Night Women | 17 | 48 | Jul 25, 2013 06:24AM |
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