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Fayne, Rickey

 
9780349127224: The Devil Three Times: 'An exuberant slice of Southern gothic' (Financial Times)
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ISBN 10 : 0349127220 ISBN 13 : 9780349127224
Editeur : Fleet, 2025

Synopsis

An extraordinary debut novel in the tradition of Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison about the generations of a family in Tennessee who are visited by the Devil

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À propos de l'auteur

Rickey Fayne is a fiction writer from rural west Tennessee. He holds an MA in English from Northwestern University and an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

[Shoutline:] 'By the time the Devil made it over the ocean, down the Mississippi, and into the backwoods of West Tennessee, Franklin had run and been caught by Robert Reeves twice.'

The Devil first visits Yetunde aboard a slave ship heading to America. Her home burned to ash, she lies shackled in the belly of the ship with only her dead sister's spirit for company. Worse, she has a caught the eye of a white man. To survive the hell that awaits her, the Devil offers his protection and a piece of his supernatural power. In return, Yetunde makes an incredible sacrifice.

Their bargain extends far beyond Yetunde's mortal lifespan. Over the next 175 years, the Devil visits all her descendants in their darkest hour of need. There's Lucille, a conjure woman; Asa, the white-passing son of a slave; Louis and Virgil, a twentieth-century Cain and Abel; Cassandra, a girl who speaks to the dead; James, a father struggling to keep his family together; and many others. The Devil offers each of them his own version of salvation, all the while wondering: can he save himself, too?

Steeped in the spiritual traditions and oral history of the Black diaspora, The Devil Three Times is a baptism by fire and water, heralding a new voice in fiction.

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Éditeur
Fleet
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0349127220
ISBN 13 
9780349127224
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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