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Under Saint's watchful eye and away from the terrible weight of their enslavement, the townsfolk become neighbours, friends and lovers. They build each other's homes and care for each other's children. They love and grieve together. Then two mysterious strangers, Frances and Joy, appear, inexplicably crossing the invisible border from the outer world. And soon, Saint's lost past and fateful present begin to coalesce in ways that will either prove Ours' salvation or lay it bare to a world that would destroy it.  Phillip B. Williams' astonishing debut novel is both a sweeping epic shot through with magic, and an intimate, elemental story about what it means to build a community and to try to build a life in the shadow of, and around the damage wrought by, slavery.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555759792401,"sku":"GOR013509277","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49746608652561,"sku":"NGR9781803510774","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49891905863953,"sku":"GOR013485067","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50273051377937,"sku":"GOR013908050","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53641940795665,"sku":"GOR014990034","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1803510773.jpg?v=1759229061"},{"product_id":"mutiny-book-phillip-b-williams-9780143136934","title":"Mutiny","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 American Book Award\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the PEN\/Voelcker Award for Poetry \u003cbr\u003e Longlisted for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry\u003cbr\u003e Named one of the Best Books of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThief in the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e who writes with \"a lucid, unmitigated humanity\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e), a startling new collection about revolt and renewal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMutiny\u003c\/i\u003e: a rebellion, a subversion, an onslaught. In poems that rebuke classical mythos and western canonical figures, and embrace Afro-Diasporanfolk and spiritual imagery, Phillip B. Williams conjures the hell of being erased, exploited, and ill-imagined and then, through a force and generosity of vision, propels himself into life, selfhood, and a path forward. Intimate, bold, and sonically mesmerizing, Mutiny addresses loneliness, desire, doubt, memory, and the borderline between beauty and tragedy. With a ferocity that belies the tenderness and vulnerability at the heart of this remarkable collection, Williams honors the transformative power of anger, and the clarity that comes from allowing that anger to burn clean.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49620955988241,"sku":"GOR013176912","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50144154616081,"sku":"CIN0143136933VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51415538172177,"sku":"CIN0143136933G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143136933.jpg?v=1751132778"},{"product_id":"ours-book-phillip-b-williams-9780593654828","title":"Ours","description":"\u003cb\u003eChosen as a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Oprah's Book Club, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and more\u0026gt;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An inventive ode to self-determination and also a surrealistic vision of Black life as forged within the crucible of American history . . .  written in] lush, ornamental prose. --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fans of\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Water Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e will devour this lyrical and surreal saga. --\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From a writer of singular voice and vision, a mesmerizing epic that reimagines the past to explore the true nature of freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this ingenious, sweeping novel, Phillip B. 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