Palmares (Jones novel)

Palmares
AuthorGayl Jones
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBeacon Press[1]
Publication date
2021
Publication placeUnited States
Pages504
AwardsPulitzer Prize (finalist)
ISBN9780807033494

Palmares is a 2021 historical novel by author Gayl Jones, published by Beacon Press. The novel follows Almeyda, who retrospectively tells the story of her life, from growing up as a slave in a plantation in 1670s Brazil to her journey throughout the country to find her missing husband.

The novel was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[2]