{"product_id":"palmares-1","title":"Palmares","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e hails the return of a major voice in literature - ''the best American novelist whose name you may not know'' (\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e). Gayl Jones was first discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, and her talent was praised by writers including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin and John Updike. After a handful of acclaimed novels, she withdrew from the publishing world. Now Jones returns with her first new novel in over two decades.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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''?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePalmares,\u003c\/i\u003e Gayl 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 New Yorker noted, ''[Her] great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.'' Like nothing else before it, \u003ci\u003ePalmares\u003c\/i\u003e embodies this gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315356737918,"sku":"NW9780349015262","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349015262.jpg?v=1778712192","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/palmares-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}