The Prophets

Resumen del libro

Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man a fellow slave seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony.

Biografía del autor

Robert Jones Jr. nació y se crio en la ciudad de Nueva York. Se licenció con matrícula de honor en Bellas Artes y cursó un máster en narrativa por el Brooklyn College. Ha escrito para numerosas publicaciones, entre ellas, "The New York Times", "Essence", "OkayAfrica", "The Feminist Wire" y "The Grio". Es el fundador de la comunidad mediática de justicia social Son of Baldwin . Jones apareció recientemente en la portada de "T Magazine" con el reportaje Escritores negros contemporáneos . "Los profetas" es su primera novela.