Georgia, in the months just after emancipation: two newly freed brothers meet a farmer who offers them work, and the arrangement unsettles almost everyone around them.
Nathan Harris writes a Civil War aftermath in which enormous historical change is felt through small domestic decisions, hesitant friendships and the hostility of a town that has not accepted the new order. The debut was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2021 and drew wide praise for its restraint and its handling of grief.
Why it stays in print:
• A first novel longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
• Post-emancipation Georgia rendered through ordinary lives
• Characters drawn with patience rather than plot machinery
• Themes of prejudice, loss, tenderness and forgiveness
Recommended for book clubs and for readers of literary and historical fiction, available in English from Boipoka.
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