The Devil Three Times

Beschreibung

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025<BR><BR>'Compelling . . . I raced through this multi-generational, magical realistic story' DAILY MAIL<BR><BR>'A page-turning, rollicking novel . . . From the first page, I was spellbound' NATHAN HARRIS, New York Times bestselling author of THE SWEETNESS OF WATER<BR><BR> 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.<BR><BR> Their bargain extends far beyond Yetunde's mortal lifespan.

Over the next 175 years, the Devil visits 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?<BR><BR> '[An] exuberant slice of Southern gothic . . .

Fayne follows Percival Everett and Andrea Levy in stressing the rich emotional lives of their characters' FINANCIAL TIMES<BR><BR> 'Fayne's imaginative narrative illustrates how the choices made in each generation ripple through the next' WASHINGTON POST<BR><BR> 'Ambitious, rollicking, heartbreaking, multi-vocal . . . it demands to be read over and over' MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE

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