Mythology and Marlon James — Moon Witch, Spider King
The Book Show
English - March 27, 2022 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For his latest novel, Moon Witch, Spider King, Marlon James says "I was trying to connect with my own mythological history as a black man in an African diaspora, in a former British colony".
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