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Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)

By Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club) Contemporary literature

Let Us Descend (Oprah's Book Club)

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""'Let us descend,' the poet now began, 'and enter this blind world.'" -Inferno, Dante Alighieri. Let 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"
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2024-09-03
Publication Date:
2024-09-03
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1982104503
ISBN13:
9781982104504
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
227 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
201 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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