Palmares, Gayl Jones

 

Palmares by Gayl Jones was on a best books of 2021 list from the New York Times.

Started: 12/23/2021
Completed: 12/25/2021 (did not finish)
Recommendation: No Comment
Recommended By: The New York Times

Review:

This book addresses slavery in Brazil as a lived condition.  The book opens with abuse and rape (as well as many of the other common attributes of slavery) and I just could not stomach it.  It is all perceived from the eyes of a 7 year old whose marginal family is torn asunder in the first quarter of the book.  I recognize the need to have such first hand accounts (even fictional), but I just can no longer stomach them.  Thus, I cannot comment reasonably on the quality of the book.