Marlon James

El 3 de diciembre de 1976, Bob Marley sobrevivió al ataque de siete pistoleros que irrumpieron a tiro limpio en su casa. Dos días después actuó en el concierto Smile Jamaica, un gran espectáculo orquestado para mitigar la violencia que ensangrentaba las calles de Kingston en visperas de unas elecciones decisivas. Poco se sabe sobre los autores o los motivos exactos de ese homicidio frustrado, pero son muchas las fabulas, leyendas y canciones que evocan lo ocurrido aquella noche. Los animos, sin embargo, no se calmaron. Era una epoca marcada a sangre y fuego por la brutalidad de las facciones politicas y las bandas que imponian su ley en los barrios de la ciudad. Esa es la materia prima y el escenario de esta electrizante novela ganadora del Premio Booker 2015.Construida sobre los testimonios ficticios de quienes participaron en aquellos acontecimientos (sicarios, mafiosos, politicos o espias; victimas y verdugos; simples espectadores e incluso algun fantasma), Breve historia de siete asesinatos nos lleva al corazon de las tinieblas jamaicanas recorriendo tres decadas turbulentas de infinidad de episodios estremecedores (no exentos, pese a todo, de un elemento comico). Manejada con increible pericia, la estructura plural permite a Marlon James plasmar los hechos desde multiples perspectivas y texturas verbales. Ese aspecto esencial del relato la volcanica trama del habla era un autentico desafio literario que los escritores Javier Calvo y Wendy Guerra han logrado superar de forma brillante en su esplendida traduccion.

From a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping, stylish historical novel of Jamaican slavery that can be compared only to Toni Morrison's Beloved.

Kingston, 3 décembre 1976. Deux jours avant un concert en faveur de la paix organisé par le parti au pouvoir, dans un climat d'extrême tension politique, sept hommes armés font irruption au domicile

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Construida sobre los testimonios ficticios de quienes participaron en aquellos acontecimientos (sicarios, mafiosos, políticos o espías; víctimas y verdugos; simples espectadores e, incluso, algún fantasma), "Breve historia de siete asesinatos" nos lleva al corazon de las tinieblas jamaicanas recorriendo tres decadas turbulentas e infinidad de episodios estremecedores (no exentos, pese a todo, de un elemento comico). Manejada con increible pericia, la estructura coral permite a Marlon James plasmar los hechos desde multiples perspectivas y texturas verbales. Ese aspecto esencial del relato, la volcanica trama del habla, era un autentico desafio literario que los escritores Javier Calvo y Wendy Guerra han logrado superar de forma brillante en su esplendida traduccion.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's. I cannot wait for the next installment' Neil GaimanIn this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, 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...'The child is dead. There is nothing left to know.'Tracker is a hunter, known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose - and he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters all searching for the same boy. Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last, from a giant to a witch to a shape-shifting Leopard, and each has secrets of their own.As the mismatched gang follow the boy's scent from perfumed citadels to infested rivers to the enchanted darklands and beyond, set upon at every turn by creatures intent on destroying them, Tracker starts to wonder: who really is this mysterious boy? Why do so many people want to stop him being found? And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?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.Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy.'A game-changing modern fantasy classic' Financial Times'Complex, lyrical, moving and furiously gripping... This new book will propel James into a new galaxy of literary stardom' Observer'To call this novel original doesn't do [it] justice... James has thrown African cultures, mythologies, religions, histories, world-views and topographies into the mighty cauldron of his imagination to create a work of literary magic' New Statesman.

A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE 2015 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER, WITH A BRAND-NEW FOREWORD AND A Q&A WITH THE AUTHOR * With a new foreword by Bernardine Evaristo ** One of the New York Times100 Best Books of the 21st Century *Jamaica, 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marleys house, machine guns blazing.The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. In A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James reimagines the story behind this near-mythical event, chronicling the lives of a host of unforgettable characters from street kids, drug lords and journalists, to prostitutes and secret service agents. Gripping, inventive and ambitious, it is one of the most mesmerising and influential novels of the twenty-first century.Showcases the extraordinary capabilities of a writer whose importance can scarcely be questionedIndependent

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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.

The debut novel of the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015Jamaica, 1957On a day beginning with a bad omen black vultures, known locally as John Crows, crash through the local church windows a handsome and charismatic stranger drags the village preacher from his pulpit and takes over both church and congregation. Promising vengeance and damnation, he wastes no time delivering both, and in doing so starts a power struggle that sets the village of Gibbeah on a path to destruction. With language as taut as classic works by Cormac McCarthy, and a richness reminiscent of early Toni Morrison, John Crows Devil is a terrifying and moving novel about religious mania, redemption, sexual obsession and the eternal struggle between the righteous and the wicked.

Winner of the Booker PrizeOne of the New York Timess 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyOne of Entertainment Weeklys Top 10 Books of the DecadeOne of The Atlantics Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsA thrilling, ambitious . . . intense (Los Angeles Times) novel that explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the late 1970s, from the author of Black Leopard, Red WolfIn A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James combines brilliant storytelling with his unrivaled skills of characterization and meticulous eye for detail to forge an enthralling novel of dazzling ambition and scope. On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions in Kingston, seven gunmen stormed the singers house, machine guns blazing. The attack wounded Marley, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Little was officially released about the gunmen, but much has been whispered, gossiped and sung about in the streets of West Kingston. Rumors abound regarding the assassins fates, and there are suspicions that the attack was politically motivated. A Brief History of Seven Killings delves deep into that dangerous and unstable time in Jamaicas history and beyond. James deftly chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters gunmen, drug dealers, one-night stands, CIA agents, even ghosts over the course of thirty years as they roam the streets of 1970s Kingston, dominate the crack houses of 1980s New York, and ultimately reemerge into the radically altered Jamaica of the 1990s. Along the way, they learn that evil does indeed cast long shadows, that justice and retribution are inextricably linked, and that no one can truly escape his fate. Gripping and inventive, shocking and irresistible, A Brief History of Seven Killings is a mesmerizing modern classic of power, mystery, and insight.

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings"An undeniable success. The New York Times Book ReviewA true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. It is the story of Lilith, 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 they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings, desires, and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman, and risks becoming the conspiracys weak link. But the real revelation of the book-the secret to the stirring imagery and insistent prose-is Marlon James himself, a young writer at once breathtakingly daring and wholly in command of his craft.

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En Leopardo Negro, Lobo rojo, Sogolon, la Bruja Luna, demostró ser un personaje secundario fascinante: una hechicera de 177 años con sus propios intereses, que supo encandilar al público lector y que fue un digno adversario para el Rastreador durante la busqueda del misterioso niño desparecido. En Bruja Luna, Rey Araña, ha llegado su turno: Sogolon adquiere el protagonismo y ofrece su propia version de lo ocurrido, su propio relato de lo que le sucedio al niño, de como planeo y lucho, triunfo y fracaso en esa busqueda. Pero esta novela es tambien la historia de una enemistad de un siglo entre Sogolon y Aesi, el canciller del rey, un personaje oscuro, letal y poderoso, a quien no es facil desafiar. Sogolon lo hace por sus propios motivos. En un giro narrativo brillante, Bruja Luna, Rey Araña muestra la historia contada en Leopardo Negro, Lobo Rojo desde la perspectiva de esta mujer indomable que no se inclina ante ningun hombre, mientras ahonda en la lucha que se desarrolla en el interior del imperio. Mucho mas adictiva e imaginativa que su predecesora. Como Tolkien colocado de ayahuasca, Observer.

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE REVOLUTIONARY DARK STAR TRILOGY IS HERE!Booker Prize-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology and fantasy to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch and a mystery with many answers . . .*Perfect for fans of Pratchett, George R. R. Martin and Octavia Butler*'Even more gripping and inventive than its predecessor . . . like Tolkien on ayahuasca' Observer