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Format: Häftad (Paperback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 336
Utgivningsdatum: 2023-10-24
Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing (Uk)
Dimensioner: 234 x 153 x 25 mm
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ISBN: 9781526666727

Let Us Descend

Name: Let Us Descend
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Author: Jesmyn Ward
ISBN: 9781526666727

An Oprah's Book Club Pick

av Jesmyn Ward

Häftad, Engelska, 2023-10-24

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'Let us descend, and enter his blind world' Dante's InfernoLet Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation.Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation.From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land - the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. Let Us Descend is Jesmyn Ward's most magnificent novel yet, a masterwork for the ages.

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