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Yonder : a novel

Asim, Jabari 1962- (author.).

Summary: They call themselves the Stolen. Their owners call them captives. They are taught their captors' tongues and their beliefs but they have a language and rituals all their own. In a world that would be allegorical if it weren't saturated in harsh truths, Cato and William meet at Placid Hall, a plantation in an unspecified part of the American South. Subject to the whims of their tyrannical and eccentric captor, Cannonball Greene, they never know what harm may befall them: inhumane physical toil in the plantation's quarry by day, a beating by night, or the sale of a loved one at any moment. It's that cruel practice--the wanton destruction of love, the belief that Black people aren't even capable of loving--that hurts the most. It hurts the reserved and stubborn William, who finds himself falling for Margaret, a small but mighty woman with self-possession beyond her years. And it hurts Cato, whose first love, Iris, was sold off with no forewarning. He now finds solace in his hearty band of friends, including William, who is like a brother; Margaret; Little Zander; and Milton, a gifted artist. There is also Pandora, with thick braids and long limbs, whose beauty calls to him. Their relationships begin to fray when a visiting minister with a mysterious past starts to fill their heads with ideas about independence. He tells them that with freedom comes the right to choose the small things--when to dine, when to begin and end work--as well as the big things, such as whom and how to love. Do they follow the preacher and pursue the unknown? Confined in a landscape marked by deceit and uncertainty, who can they trust? In an elegant work of monumental imagination that will reorient how we think of the legacy of America's shameful past, Jabari Asim presents a beautiful, powerful, and elegiac novel that examines intimacy and longing in the quarters while asking a vital question: What would happen if an enslaved person risked everything for love?

Record details

  • ISBN: 198216316X
  • ISBN: 9781982163167
  • Physical Description: xiii, 257 pages ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Subject: Slaves United States Fiction
Slavery United States History Fiction
Families, Black 19th century Fiction
Man-woman relationships Fiction
Genre: Novels.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 16 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library FICTION ASIM (Text) 50687011767285 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION ASIM (Text) 50686016127222 Adult Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library HIST FIC ASIM JABARI (Text) 35740635806755 Historical Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Asim (Text) 39427103631792 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/14/2024
Kutztown Community Library ASI (Text) 33249024643318 Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library FIC ASI (Text) 33400001545543 Adult Fiction Available -
North Wales Area Library F Asim (Text) 35410000808998 NWAL Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library F ASI (Text) 34422007236991 Adult Fiction Available -
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults ASI Fiction (Text) 34318001197405 Adult Area Available -
Allentown Public Library ASIM, JABARI (Text) 34455006859488 Adult Fiction Available -

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