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From publisher’s website : A novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence.<\/p>\n

Isaiah was Samuel\u2019s and Samuel was Isaiah\u2019s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man\u2014a fellow slave\u2014seeks to gain favor by preaching the master\u2019s gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel\u2019s love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation\u2019s harmony.<\/p>\n

With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr. fiercely summons the voices of slaver and the enslaved alike to tell the story of these two men; from Amos the preacher to the calculating slave-master himself to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries\u2014of ancestors and future generations to come\u2014culminate in a climactic reckoning, The Prophets masterfully reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love.<\/p>\n

Photo by Pakorn Praikhiaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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