The night hides many things . . . Louisiana, 1850. A young girl
escapes slavery and is taken in by two mysterious women. Rumoured
to be witches, the pair travel only at night, dress in men's
clothing and seem to know others' innermost thoughts. But the girl
sees the promise of true freedom in their dark glittering eyes: the
promise to 'share the blood' and live forever. They name her Gilda.
Over the next two hundred years, Gilda moves through unseen spaces:
through antebellum brothels, gold-rush bars, Black women's suffrage
groups, hair salons and jazz clubs, searching for a way to exist in
the world. Her body, powerful against the passage of time, will
know both beauty and horror through the women she desires and the
blood she craves. But can Gilda truly outrun the darkness of
history and face a future where the lives of everyone she loves are
at stake? An instant queer classic when it was first published in
1991, The Gilda Stories is a radical reimagining of the vampire
myth and astoundingly prescient in its explorations of Blackness,
community and female love.
General
| Imprint: |
Vintage Classics
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Jewelle Gomez
|
| Afterword by: |
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
|
| Dimensions: |
222 x 138 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
336 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78487-862-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-78487-862-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781784878627 |
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