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- African American children--Fiction
- Louisiana--Fiction
- African American families--Fiction
- Enslaved persons--Fiction
- Enslaved women--Fiction
- Girls, Black--Fiction
- Memory--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Slaveholders--United States--Fiction
- Slavery--United States--Fiction
- Spirits--Fiction
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Title Statement | Let us descend: a novel / [text (large print)] : Jesmyn Ward. |
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Series | Thorndike Press large print top shelf |
Author | Ward, Jesmyn |
Publication | Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company,2023. |
Edition | Large print edition. |
Extent of Item | 363 pages (large print) ; |
ISBN | 9798885792592 (library binding) |
Other Number | pr07427329 |
General Notes | Originally published in standard print format: New York : Scribner, 2023. |
Summary | "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"-- |
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By Topic | African American children--Fiction |
African American families--Fiction | |
Enslaved persons--Fiction | |
Enslaved women--Fiction | |
Girls, Black--Fiction | |
Memory--Fiction | |
Mothers and daughters--Fiction | |
Racially mixed people--Fiction | |
Slaveholders--Fiction--United States | |
Slavery--Fiction--United States | |
Spirits--Fiction | |
By Location | Louisiana--Fiction |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
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