Author | Gayl Jones |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Beacon Press[1] |
Publication date | 2021 |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 504 |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize (finalist) |
ISBN | 9780807033494 |
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]