Bibliograph

Let us descend, a novel, Jesmyn Ward

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Let us descend, a novel, Jesmyn Ward

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Let us descend

Oclc number

1402248702

Responsibility statement

Jesmyn Ward

Series statement

Oprah's book club

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October 2023 selection for:, Oprah's Book Club

Sub title

a novel

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."--, provided by publisher

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