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Summary:

"A singular and stunning debut 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"-- [Provided by publisher]
Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. 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. When an older fellow slave seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. -- adapted from jacket

Author/Creator:

Jones, Robert, Jr., 1977- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The prophets: a novel [by Jones, R.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: The prophets [by Jones, R.] (New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021] — ISBN 9780593085707; LCCN 2020042101)

Subjects:

African American gay men — Fiction

Gay men, Black — United States — Fiction

Enslaved persons — United States — Fiction

General Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

PS3610.O627677 P76 2021eb

ISBNs:

9780593085707 (electronic bk.)
0593085701 (electronic bk.)
9780593085684 [Invalid]
059308568X [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1196822378

Other Control Numbers:

2430062 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp301806344