Chantal James' debut novel, 'None but the Righteous,' sees New Orleans through the eyes of a young Black man and the spirit that leads him home.
through the eyes of one young man whose life reverberates with the beauty and horror of the city he calls home.
Miss Pearl is the type of fanciful creature commonly spoken of in New Orleans — a woman at home with spells and prayer — but the metaphysical essence of the book rests in the relic itself. The animating spirit of that relic, the 17th century Peruvian saint Martin de Porres, whose bones were spread after his dismemberment, follows Ham throughout his life, inhabiting and influencing his dreams, movement, spirit and bones.
When the saint-narrator was living, the “map’s center was not fixed… Common languages were broken between generations; the words of the father no longer suited the son. It’s still this way more than ever.” Too many people live out of sync. James’ novel deploys otherworldly elements to illuminate the dark spaces left by cruelty and chaos.Bethanne Patrick’s January picks cover train wrecks, political drama, enraging inequality, the complications of polyamory and the joy of the ampersand.
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