Drapetomania

When house-servant Abednego is sold away south, his heartbroken field-hand lover Cyrus snaps and flees the estate on which he has lived his entire life. Leaving everything he knows behind him, evading dogs and patrollers as he heads north, in the midst of a dismal swamp Cyrus receives the revelation that Abednego is his true North Star, and, impossible though it seems, he determines to find and rescue his lost lover from slavery.

Ten years in the writing, Drapetomania, Or The Narrative of Cyrus Tyler & Abednego Tyler, lovers, is an epic tale of black freedom, uprising, and a radical representation of romantic love between black men in slavery times.

A riveting, masterful work. Set against the brutalizing, material captivity meant to break the soul, that came to define the chattel enslavement of Africans in the American south, Drapetomania tells the compelling story of two men whose love for each other reimagines the erotic contours of what was possible under the whip and scrutiny of catastrophic bondage. Here is a story of love so powerful, so achingly present, it dares to consider not just the past but the future, as vital to freedom; and in doing so, defies any notion of the black enslaved body as an ugly, unpalatable thing, unworthy of the sweetness of love. Gordon’s novel enters the company of such classic works as Edward P. Jones’s The Known World, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, and Barry Unsworth’s Sacred Hunger. We will be reading and talking about this extraordinary novel for years to come.

Cand servitorul casei Abednego este vandut la sud, iubitul lui Cyrus, cu inima zdrobita, trage si fuga din mosia pe care a trait intreaga sa viata. Lasand in spate tot ce stie, evitand cainii si patrularii in timp ce se indreapta spre nord, in mijlocul unei mlastini dezastruoase, Cyrus primeste revelatia ca Abednego este adevarata sa Stea de Nord si, desi este imposibil, se hotaraste sa-si gaseasca si sa-i salveze pe cei pierduti. iubitor de sclavie. Zece ani in scriere, Drapetomania, Sau povestea lui Cyrus Tyler si Abednego Tyler, indragostiti, este o poveste epica despre libertatea neagra, rascoala si o reprezentare radicala a iubirii romantice intre barbatii negri in vremea sclaviei. , munca magistrala.