From Jesmyn Ward--the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest
winner of the Library of Congress Prize for Fiction, and MacArthur
Fellow--comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant
classic, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War.
"'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.
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Jesmyn Ward
|
Dimensions: |
213 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-982104-49-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-982104-49-X |
Barcode: |
9781982104498 |
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