Sula Frances Lincoln Ltd and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct

and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography

Adorned with illustrations by the legendary Michael Kaluta

How he goes about bringing his visions to life–and what happens afterward–makes for one of the most riveting

It began as a reply to the charge that Christian otherworldiness was causing the decline of the Roman Empire

learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement

Sula Frances Lincoln Ltd and Robert Mapplethorpe would directSula and Nel are two young black girls: clever and poor. They grow up together sharing their secrets, dreams and happiness. Then Sula breaks free from their small town community in the uplands of Ohio to roam the cities of America. When she returns ten years later much has changed. Including Nel, who now has a husband and three children. The friendship between the two women becomes strained and the whole town grows wary as Sula continues in her