The Prophets

Zusatztext Finalist for the Ernest J. Gaines Award For Literary Excellence Finalist for the Crook's Corner Book Prize Finalist for the Prix Médicis Etrange Longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize #1 Indie Next Pick  One of:  The New York Times Book Review 's Books to Watch for in January  The Washington Post 's 10 Books to Read in January TIME 's 10 New Books You Should Read in January O, the Oprah Magazine 's 32 LGBTQ Books That Will Change the Literary Landscape in 2021 Cosmopolitan ’s New LGBTQ+ Books to Add to Your Reading List Entertainment Weekly ’s 14 Books to Read During Black History Month Good Morning America ’s Best Books to Read this January  Marie Claire 's Must-Read 2021 Book Releases by Black Authors  CNN ’s Best Books of January NBC News ’ 10 Best Fiction Books by Black Authors in 2021 Harper's Bazaar 's Winter's Best New Releases Reader's Digest 's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 BuzzFeed ’s Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of 2021 Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Electric Literature 's Most Anticipated Debuts of 2021 The Millions ' Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Thrillist ’s 30 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021 Spy ’s Best and Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Read It Forward ’s Favorite Reads of January 2021 The Root ’s Most Anticipated Books by Black Authors in 2021 The Advocate ’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2021 St. Louis Magazine ’s Must-Read Books of 2021 Debutiful ’s Best Debuts of January Lambda Literary's Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of January  LGBTQ Read’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIAP Fiction of 2021 Picks Kirkus Reviews ' Most Anticipated Books of the Fall TheBody ’s 5 Essential Summer Reads by Queer Authors TheGrio ’s Top 50 Books to Read This Summer Vibe ’s 15 Best Fictional Books by Black Authors "An extraordinary, vivid novel written with heart and imagination.... The Prophets really dazzles." –NPR, Weekend Edition “[An] often lyrical and rebellious love story...Jones seems to be reaching across centuries of blood and memory in an attempt to shake awake a warrior armed with weapon and wit that lies sleeping in his imagined, beloved, Black reader....Jones proves himself an amazing lyricist, pulling poetry out of every image and shift of light....What a fiery kindness that ending, this book. A book I entered hesitantly, cautiously, I exited anew—something in me unloosed, running. May this book cast its spell on all of us , restore to us some memory of our most warrior and softest selves.” – The New York Times Book Review "A lyrical and rebellious love story." – The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) “With this epic novel, Jones, who is known for his blogging and Twitter presence as Son of Baldwin, marks his entry into the literary arena....The greatest gift of this novel is its efforts to render emotional interiority to enslaved people who are too often depicted either as vessels for sadistic violence or as noble, superhuman warriors for liberation....Jones’s debut novel is an important contribution to American letters, Black queer studies and the present moment’s profound reckoning with the legacy of America’s racialized violence.” – The Washington Post “A stunning debut novel . . . Jones, Jr.’s writing hearkens to the lyricism of Toni Morrison, evoking pain and suffering as well as truth and love." — San Francisco Bay Times "Extraordinary. . . . [A] defiantly poetic story of great love growing in a place of hate. . . . Jones handles the multiple moving parts and perspectives ...

Product details

• Authors: Jr Jones, Jr. Jones, Robert Jones
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.01.2021
• EAN: 9780593085684
• ISBN: 978-0-593-08568-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature