It all just comes together to make a brilliant book.Īnd let me say this, in literature, we often read about Queer movement or Queer Historical figures but in The Prophets Robert Jones jr has given a voice to Queer Love. The writing is so sharp it gets to the core of you. There are so many elements in this book that just hit you in your soul.
I’m also going to say that this is the hardest review I’ve ever had to write because I know I’ll never do the book justice.
I’m going to start this review and say that this is probably the best book I’ve ever read. Isaiah and Samuel’s love, which was once so simple, is now seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation’s harmony. But when an older man – a fellow slave – seeks to gain favour by preaching the masters gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a space of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. That was they way it was since to beginning, and they way it was to be until the end. Synopsis: Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s.
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