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Prophets Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Kwame Dawes (Author, Narrator), Paula-Anne Porter Jones (Narrator), Peepal Tree Press (Publisher)

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This groundbreaking Jamaican narrative poem takes on history, faith, sex, and poetry itself. Read by the poet, Kwame Dawes, and Paula-Anne Porter Jones.

As 24-hour television - belching out the swaggering voices of American hellfire preachers - competes with dancehall, slackness, and ganja for Jamaican minds, Clarice and Thalbot preach their own conflicting visions.

Clarice has used her gifts to raise herself from the urban Jamaican ghetto. She basks in the adulation of her followers, as they look to her for their personal salvation. Thalbot has fallen from comfort and security onto the streets. With his wild matted hair and nakedness, he is a deranged voice in the wilderness. Whilst Clarice has her blue-eyed Jesus, Thalbot brandishes his blackness in the face of every passer-by. Clarice's visions give her power; Thalbot is at the mercy of every wandering spirit. But when Clarice, under the cover of darkness, 'sins' on the beach, Thalbot alone knows of her fall. He sets out to journey - like Jonah - to denounce the prophetess and warn the Ninevite city of its coming doom.

An epic struggle begins....

Since its first publication in 1995, time has shown Prophets to be a major poem in the canon of Caribbean poetry, an epic made of Jamaican materials, written with all a young man's daring and zest.

Listening Length

2 hours and 58 minutes
Author

Kwame Dawes
Narrator

Kwame Dawes, see all
Audible release date

November 3, 2021
Language

English
Publisher

Peepal Tree Press
ASIN

B09KX1NRD8
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

Audiobook
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Listening Length	2 hours and 58 minutes
Author	Kwame Dawes
Narrator	Kwame Dawes, Paula-Anne Porter Jones
Audible.com Release Date	November 03, 2021
Publisher	Peepal Tree Press
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B09KX1NRD8
Best Sellers Rank	#463,617 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #150 in Epic Poetry (Audible Books & Originals) #1,621 in Caribbean & Latin American Poetry (Books) #2,408 in Epic Poetry (Books)