
The Gilda Stories
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Narrated by:
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Adenrele Ojo
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By:
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Jewelle Gomez
"The Gilda Stories is groundbreaking not just for the wild lives it portrays, but for how it portrays them - communally, unapologetically, roaming fiercely over space and time." (Emma Donoghue, author of Room)
"Jewelle Gomez sees right into the heart. This is a book to give to those you want most to find their own strength." (Dorothy Allison)
This remarkable novel begins in 1850s Louisiana, where Gilda escapes slavery and learns about freedom while working in a brothel. After being initiated into eternal life as one who "shares the blood" by two women there, Gilda spends the next 200 years searching for a place to call home.
An instant lesbian classic when it was first published in 1991, The Gilda Stories has endured as an auspiciously prescient book in its explorations of blackness, radical ecology, re-definitions of family, and yes, the erotic potential of the vampire story.
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Adenrele Ojo's performance was like listening to poetry.
A perfect novel I never knew I needed!
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What really makes this novel great though is the way the main character grows and adapts over the 200 years covered in these pages. She flourishes during each time period in which we visit her. I was a little frustrated that the time spans between our focuses is not regular and a couple of the gaps are pretty big. But overall it works.
Vampires? Yes, but that is a clever way to carry on with one character
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Great storytelling
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A story before it’s time
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Best Ever
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A Beautiful Story
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Creative
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It found me.
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This book though, does meet what one expects and doesn't find to be the bare minimum when reading books written by someone vaguely aware of the human condition, as well as exceeds the hope of finding a quality story
told from a compelling perspective.
maybe I read more queer black feminist vampires
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A Critical and Timely Classic
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