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Nora K. Jemisin, née le 19 septembre 1972 à Iowa City, dans l'Iowa, est une femme de lettres afro-américaine auteur de fiction spéculative.

Son premier roman, Les Cent Mille Royaumes a obtenu le prix Locus du meilleur premier roman 2011.

Elle remporte trois fois d'affilée le prix Hugo du meilleur roman pour les trois tomes des Livres de la terre fracturée en 2016, 2017 et 2018. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. septembre 1972
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“They follow the creed of the Bright: that which disturbs the order of society must be eliminated, regardless of whether it caused the disturbance.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Broken Kingdoms

She rolled her eyes. “You’d think they’d get tired of parroting Itempas and start thinking for themselves after two thousand years.”
Source: The Broken Kingdoms (2011), Chapter 5 “Family” (charcoal study) (p. 105)

“Mother always said that if one must do something unpleasant, one should do it wholeheartedly and not waste effort on regret.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 23 (p. 563)

“Peace is meaningless without freedom.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 20 (p. 514)

“Those with power would always find some way to exert it over those who didn’t.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 19 (p. 494)

“Fear was like poison to mortals; it killed their rationality.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 16 (p. 407)

“This was what I’d asked her to give me. I had no right to complain just because it wasn’t what I wanted to hear.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 14 (p. 347)

“If they will not love me, fear is an acceptable substitute.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 13 (p. 331)

“Magic is merely communication, after all.
Communication, and conduits.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 13 (p. 325)

“Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 12 (p. 308)

“It was the oldest of tricks, to sow dissension between groups that had common interests. Good for deflecting attention from greater mischief, too.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 12 (p. 301)

“Unreasoning optimism is a fundamental element of childishness.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 10 (p. 237)

“Well. Adolescence is all about making mistakes.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 9 (p. 200)

“The child in her wanted to do as she pleased, cling to impossible hopes. The woman in her wanted to make sound decisions, succeed even if it meant sacrifice. The woman would win; that was inevitable. But the child would not go quietly.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 7 (p. 173)

“There was no point in making myself suffer unnecessarily. As a mortal, there would be pain enough in my life, whether I sought it out or not.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 5 (p. 119)

“Unconditional love: childhood’s greatest magic.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 1 (p. 35)

“That was the way of things, after all. Children had to grow up. They did not always become what others wanted.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 7 (p. 166)

“When things are bad, change is good, right? Change means things will get better.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Kingdom of Gods

Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 1 (p. 19)

“We were all exposed to nothing but white dude fiction, occasionally young white women fiction, and if that’s how you’ve grown up, then that is what is normal.”

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N. K. Jemisin

Interviews
Source: On how she once perceived fiction in “NK Jemisin: 'It’s easier to get a book set in black Africa published if you're white'” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/02/nk-jemisin-its-easier-to-get-a-book-set-in-black-africa-published-if-youre-white in The Guardian (2020 May 2)

“Honor in safety, survival under threat. Necessity is the only law.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Stone Sky

Source: The Stone Sky (2017), Chapter 9 “the desert, briefly, and you” (p. 231)

“Would’ve been nice if we could’ve all had normal, of course, but not enough people wanted to share. So now we all burn.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Stone Sky

Source: The Stone Sky (2017), Chapter 7 “you’re planning ahead” (p. 170)

“You’re abbreviating heavily, not lying. That’s what you tell yourself.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Obelisk Gate

Source: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 16 “you meet an old friend, again” (p. 293)

“Put people in a cage and they will devote themselves to escaping it, not cooperating with those who caged them.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Obelisk Gate

Source: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 15 “Nassun, in rejection” (p. 270)

“It is surprising how refreshing this feels. Being judged by what you do, and not what you are.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Obelisk Gate

Source: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 8 “you've been warned” (p. 127)

“The Leadership legends have the air of a myth concocted to justify their place in society.”

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N. K. Jemisin livre The Obelisk Gate

Source: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 6 “you commit to the cause” (p. 91)

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