The Healing
$33.83
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2019
Summary
The Healing: A Journey Backwards
THE FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
‘A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers’ TAYARI JONES
‘The novel’s richness lies in its entertaining meandering, and the vitality of its spoken rhythms’ MAYA JAGGI, *GUARDIAN*
‘A moving affirmation of forgiveness and trust … The Healing should be cause for hope, sustenance and even celebration’ VALER…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349012186 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349012180 |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Author: | Gayl Jones |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance, of history in the blood
An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance, of history in the blood
An important American writer … The Healing examines precisely what its title announces: healing from silence, from physical attacks and treachery, from spiritual and cultural isolation, from the pain of old-fashioned, aching, bluesy love … It is also a very funny book … A moving affirmation of forgiveness and trust … The Healing should be cause for hope, sustenance and even celebration - New York TimesCompelled by the southern speech and taut, sparring dialogue of the early fiction, [The Healing] has a witty, savvy, sometimes cynical edge … As Harlan trawls black culture, Jones slyly combines folksy, vernacular wisdom with discursive flights. Into this fluid pastiche she mixes pop culture - Oprah, Denzel, Tina Turner - with allusions to Chaucer, Henry James, Ralph Ellison, Ishmael Reed … the novel’s richness lies in its entertaining meandering, and the vitality of its spoken rhythms’ - GuardianGayl Jones’s work remains essential and vital; I will be rereading her catalogue for the rest of my life - NylonOne of the most distinguished African American women of letters, Jones offers her first novel to be published in twenty years. It is gripping, beautiful and well worth the wait - Ms. MagazineAbout The Author
Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University and has taught at Wellesley and the University of Michigan. Her books include Corregidora (1975), Eva’s Man (1976), The Healing (1998), which was a National Book Award finalist, Palmares (2021), which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, and The Birdcatcher (2022), which was also a National Book Award Finalist.
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