“Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's.”
‘The Prophets’ by Robert Jones Jr. is set on a cotton plantation in the Deep South. Embedded in the horrors of the life on a plantation is a beautiful love story: the forbidden love story of Samuel and Isaiah. Narrated from multiple perspectives, including the young men themselves, their friends, their ancestors, the plantation owners, and the overseer.
Brilliantly woven together, all their stories culminate in an ending I never expected. And although this story doesn’t neglect the daily lives (horrors) of enslaved people, it focuses on the relationships between them.
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