Let Us Descend
| AUTHOR | Small, Shayna; Ward, Jesmyn; Ward, Jesmyn |
| PUBLISHER | Simon & Schuster Audio (10/24/2023) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Audio (Compact Disc) |
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - Instant New York Times Bestseller - Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more. "Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving." --Vogue - "A novel of triumph." --The Washington Post - "Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly." --People From "one of America's finest living writers" (San Francisco Chronicle) and "heir apparent to Toni Morrison" (LitHub)--comes a haunting masterpiece about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War that's destined to become a classic. Let Us Descend describes 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. A journey that is as beautifully rendered as it is heart wrenching, the novel is "[t]he literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours" (NPR). Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide. 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 Annis leads readers through the descent, hers is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this "[s]earing and lyrical...raw, transcendent, and ultimately hopeful" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 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.
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ISBN-13:
9781797161501
ISBN-10:
1797161504
Binding:
CD-Audio (CD Standard Audio Format)
Content Language:
English
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Carton Quantity:
46
Product Dimensions:
5.10 x 1.20 x 5.90 inches
Weight:
0.50 pound(s)
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Price on Product,
Unabridged
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Fiction | Literary
Fiction | Historical - General
Fiction | African American & Black - Historical
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - Instant New York Times Bestseller - Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more. "Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving." --Vogue - "A novel of triumph." --The Washington Post - "Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly." --People From "one of America's finest living writers" (San Francisco Chronicle) and "heir apparent to Toni Morrison" (LitHub)--comes a haunting masterpiece about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War that's destined to become a classic. Let Us Descend describes 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. A journey that is as beautifully rendered as it is heart wrenching, the novel is "[t]he literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours" (NPR). Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide. 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 Annis leads readers through the descent, hers is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this "[s]earing and lyrical...raw, transcendent, and ultimately hopeful" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 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.
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Author:
Ward, Jesmyn
Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, Mississippi. She received her BA and MA from Stanford University and her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she received five Hopwood Awards. She was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and the John and Renee Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of the novels, "Where the Line Bleeds" and "Salvage the Bones"; the memoir, "Men We Reaped"; and the editor of "The Fire This Time". Ward is currently at work on her third novel and is an associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University. She lives in Mississippi.
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Ward, Jesmyn
Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, Mississippi. She received her BA and MA from Stanford University and her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she received five Hopwood Awards. She was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and the John and Renee Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of the novels, "Where the Line Bleeds" and "Salvage the Bones"; the memoir, "Men We Reaped"; and the editor of "The Fire This Time". Ward is currently at work on her third novel and is an associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University. She lives in Mississippi.
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