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'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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526669575Number of pages: 336Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
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