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Moon Witch, Spider King
Dark Star Trilogy (Related to this series)
- Author
- Marlon James
- Narrator
- Bahni Turpin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 3 March 2022
- Run Time
- 30 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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The second novel in Marlon James's revolutionary DARK STAR TRILOGY is here
In this mighty follow-up to his Number 1 bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Man Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers...
Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman - the witch Sogolon - who bows to no man, this is an unforgettable exploration of power, personality, and the places where they overlap, set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.
In the words of Neil Gaiman, James has created 'a fantasy world as well realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's'.
© Marlon James 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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An epic fable drenched in African mythology. This is work that both meets the immersive worldbuilding standard in books by Tolkien and Martin and brings to the genre a voice unlike anything seen before . . . It sets readers up for what will undoubtedly be a superb finale
The Boston Globe
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Booker winner James's African-inspired imaginary kingdoms mark the series out from the usual run of epic fantasies, but his uniquely supple, powerful style is even more distinctive
The Guardian
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Moon Witch, Spider King are wildly inventive, genre-defining works of fiction on the level of The Lord Of The Rings and the Broken Earth trilogy that deserve to be studied, dissected, and argued over
AV Club
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An exhilarating tour de force . . . [James] establishes a new vision for the trilogy as a whole and confirms Dark Star as a true epic
John Burnside
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Moving, vivid, and thought-provoking . . . brilliant
Buzzfeed
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James cements his status as a wildly inventive and lyrical storyteller
Financial Times
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James masterfully flips the first instalment on its head . . . [A] titanic story of empire, adventure and power
Esquire
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Told with James' inimitable linguistic verve . . . Riotous, ultraviolent, dazzlingly inventive
Literary Hub
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A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's
Neil Gaiman
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James once again shattered my expectations . . . Moon Witch, Spider King is a breathtaking book, one that functions as well as a standalone as it does a sequel . . . This is a novel that begs to be read in one sitting
NPR
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Details
- Author
- Marlon James
- Narrator
- Bahni Turpin
- Duration
- 30 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9780241981771
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fantasy, Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The second novel in Marlon James's revolutionary DARK STAR TRILOGY is hereIn this mighty follow-up to his Number 1 bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Man Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers...Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman - the witch Sogolon - who bows to no man, this is an unforgettable exploration of power, personality, and the places where they overlap, set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.In the words of Neil Gaiman, James has created 'a fantasy world as well realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's'.© Marlon James 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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