Description: Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward hardcover Oprah's Book Club first editionLet 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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Location: New York, New York
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Signed: No
Book Series: Descendants
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Type: Novel
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Let US Descend : a Novel
Item Length: 8.4in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Jesmyn Ward
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: African American / Historical, Literary, Historical
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
