Let Us Descend
Häftad bok. Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd. 2023. 306 sidor.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781526666727
- Titel
- Let Us Descend
- Författare
- Ward, Jesmyn
- Förlag
- Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2023
- Omfång
- 306 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 153 x 234 mm Ryggbredd 25 mm
- Vikt
- 405 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- 'Let us descend, and enter his blind world' Dante's Inferno 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.
Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
9781526666727
