A fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice. Messiahs
centers on two nameless lovers, a woman of east Asian descent and a
former state prisoner, a black man who volunteered incarceration on
behalf of his falsely convicted nephew, yet was "exonerated" after
more than two years on death row. In this dystopian America, one
can assume a relative's capital sentence as an act of holy
reform-"the proxy initiative," patterned after the Passion. The
lovers begin their affair by exchanging letters, and after his
release, they withdraw to a remote cabin during a torrential
winter, haunted by their respective past tragedies. Savagely
ostracized by her family for years, the woman is asked by her
mother to take the proxy initiative for her brother-creating a
conflict she cannot bear to share with her lover. Comprised of ten
poetic paragraphs, Messiahs' rigorous style and sustained intensity
equals agony and ecstasy.
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