Tag: slavery
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The Ending of The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women is a fictional novel by Marlon James. It’s set in his birthplace of Jamaica during slavery. If you are looking for a review rather than a recap of the book with spoilers, you can find it here. Lilith is born a slave but has an unusual feature, green eyes. Her…
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The Ending of Girls Burn Brighter
Girls Burn Brighter is the debut novel of Shobha Rao. It is a literary fiction novel that tells the story of Savitha and Poornima, who we first meet in a small village in India. This is the story of Poornima and Savitha, two girls that grew up together in rural India. Although they were very…
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The Ending of Kindred by Octavia Butler
In Kindred, Octavia Butler uses science fiction as a vehicle to explore race, power, history and the art of knowing. Dana travels back and forth in time…