1.
Yonder :
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
383 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Edition
First large print edition.
Production / Publication Information
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2022.
Summary
"The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this beautifully rendered novel. They call themselves the Stolen. Their owners call them captives. They are taught their captors' tongues and their beliefs but they have a language and rituals all their own. In a world that would be allegorical if it weren't saturated in harsh truths, Cato and William meet at Placid Hall, a plantation in the American South. Subject to the whims of their tyrannical and eccentric captor, Cannonball Greene, they never know what harm may befall them, but it is the wanton destruction of love--the belief that black people aren't even capable of loving--that hurts the most. It hurts the reserved and stubborn William, who finds himself falling for Margaret. And it hurts Cato, whose first love, Iris, was sold off with no forewarning. He now finds solace in his hearty band of friends and Pandora, whose beauty calls to him. Their relationships begin to fray when a visiting minister staets to fill their heads with ideas of independence. Do they follow the preacher and pursue the unknown?"--
Call Number
LARGE PRINT FICTION ASIM
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
ISBN
9798200951802
2.
Yonder :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xiii, 257 pages ; 23 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Summary
"The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-nineteenth century"--
Call Number
FICTION ASIM
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
ISBN
9781982163167 9781982163174
3.
Yonder :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
7 audio discs (8.5 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2022]
Summary
They call themselves the Stolen. Their owners call them captives. They are taught their captors' tongues and their beliefs but they have a language and rituals all their own. In a world that would be allegorical if it weren't saturated in harsh truths, Cato and William meet at Placid Hall, a plantation in an unspecified part of the American South. Subject to the whims of their tyrannical and eccentric captor, Cannonball Greene, they never know what harm may befall them: inhumane physical toil in the plantation's quarry by day, a beating by night, or the sale of a loved one at any moment. It's that cruel practice the wanton destruction of love, the belief that Black people aren't even capable of loving--that hurts the most. It hurts the reserved and stubborn William, who finds himself falling for Margaret, a small but mighty woman with self-possession beyond her years. And it hurts Cato, whose first love, Iris, was sold off with no forewarning. He now finds solace in his hearty band of friends, including William, who is like a brother; Margaret; Little Zander; and Milton, a gifted artist. There is also Pandora, with thick braids and long limbs, whose beauty calls to him. Their relationships begin to fray when a visiting minister with a mysterious past starts to fill their heads with ideas about independence. He tells them that with freedom comes the right to choose the small things when to dine when to begin and end work--as well as the big things, such as whom and how to love. Do they follow the preacher and pursue the unknown? Confined in a landscape marked by deceit and uncertainty, who can they trust? In an elegant work of monumental images that will reorient how we think of the legacy of America's shameful past, Jabari Asim presents a beautiful, powerful, and elegiac novel that examines intimacy and longing in the quarters while asking a vital question: What would happen if an enslaved person risked everything for love?
Call Number
CD FICTION ASIM
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
ISBN
9781797137766 9781797137773
4.
Yonder
Author
Format:
Sound recording
Physical Description
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Production / Publication Information
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022]
Summary
"They call themselves the stolen. Their owners call them captives. They are taught their captors' tongues and their beliefs but they have a language and rituals all their own. In a world that would be allegorical if it weren't saturated in harsh truths, Cato and William meet at Placid Hall, a plantation in an unspecified part o f the American South. Subject to the whims of their tyrannical and eccentric captor, Cannonball Greene, they never know what harm may befall them: inhumane physical toil in the plantation's quarry by day, a beating by night, or the sale of a loved one at any moment. It's that cruel practice--the wanton destruction of love, the belief that Black people aren't even capable of loving--that hurts the most. It hurts the reserved and stubborn William, who finds himself falling for Margaret, a small but mighty woman with self-possession beyond her years. And it hurts Cato, whose first love, Iris, was sold off with no forewarning. He now finds solace in his hearty band of friends, including William, who is like a brother to him; Margaret; Little Zander; and Milton, a gifted artist. There is also Pandora, with thick braids and long limbs, whose beauty calls to him. Their relationships begin to fray when a visiting minister with a mysterious past starts to fill their heads with ideas about independence. He tells them that with freedom comes the right to choose the small things--when to dine, when to begin and end work-as well as the big things, such as whom and how to love. Do they follow the preacher and pursue the unknown? Confined in a landscape marked by deceit and uncertainty, whom can they trust?"--
Call Number
PLAY/FIC/ASIM
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
ISBN
9781669609179
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