EAN: 9781911590132

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

In the West African village of Lai red-haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled on suspicion of being a witch. Bitten by a viper and left for dead she nevertheless survives to discover new life with a group of African American settlers in the colony of Monrovia. The Gbessa meets two extraordinary others: June Dey - a man of unusual strength born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia - and Norman Aragon the child of a white British coloniser and a Maroon slave from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica who can fade from sight at will. Soon all three realise that they are all cursed - or perhaps uniquely gifted. Together they protect the weak and vulnerable but only Gbessa can salvage the tense relationship between the settlers and the indigenous tribes. In her transcendent debut Wayétu Moore illuminates the tumultuous roots of Liberia blending history and magical realism in a profound tale of resistance and humanity.

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