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Sorrowland (Paperback)
Rivers Solomon
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Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, gives birth to twins and
raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something
is wrong - not with them, but with her own body. It's changing, it's
itching, it's stronger, it's... not normal.
To understand her body's metamorphosis, Vern must investigate not just
the secluded religious compound she fled but the violent history of
dehumanization, medical experimentation, and genocide that produced it.
In the course of reclaiming her own darkness, Vern learns that monsters
aren't just individuals, but entire histories, systems, and nations.
Sorrowland is a memorable work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the
tangled history of racism in America and the marginalisation of
society's undesirables. It is a searing, seminal book that marks the
arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction.
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The Deep (Paperback)
Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
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R306
R248
Discovery Miles 2 480
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WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY LGBTQ SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR
AWARD The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed
overboard have built their own underwater society-and must reclaim
the memories of their past to shape their future in this
brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo
Award-nominated song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group
clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people-water-dwelling
descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by
slave owners-who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too
traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone,
save one-the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on
Yetu. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and
wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying
her. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the
expectations, and the responsibilities-and discovers a world her
people left behind long ago. Yetu will learn more than she ever
expected to about her own past-and about the future of her people.
If they are all to survive, they'll need to reclaim the memories,
reclaim their identity-and own who they really are. Inspired by a
song produced by the rap group Clipping for the This American Life
episode "We Are In The Future," The Deep is vividly original and
uniquely affecting.
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The Deep (Paperback)
Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
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R435
R324
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Sorrowland (Hardcover)
Rivers Solomon
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R616
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Sorrowland (Paperback)
Rivers Solomon
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R172
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"A wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real."
Marlon James "A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is
gorgeous." Roxanne Gay "Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying."
Independent "An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science
fiction." Guardian. --- Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods,
gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the
outside world. But something is wrong - not with them, but with her
own body. It's changing, it's itching, it's stronger, it's... not
normal. To understand her body's metamorphosis, Vern must
investigate not just the secluded religious compound she fled but
the violent history of dehumanization, medical experimentation, and
genocide that produced it. In the course of reclaiming her own
darkness, Vern learns that monsters aren't just individuals, but
entire histories, systems, and nations. Sorrowland is a memorable
work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangled history of
racism in America and the marginalisation of society's
undesirables. It is a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival
of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction.
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