Let Us Descend
[United States] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023.
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 7 audio discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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 listeners 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.
Subjects:
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Fiction.
Slaveholders -- United States -- Fiction.
Girls, Black -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Fiction.
Slaveholders -- United States -- Fiction.
Girls, Black -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
Louisiana -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781797161501
UPC: 9781797161501
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD F Ward | Wheatley (Shandon) | Book on CD Fiction | In |
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Read by Jesmyn Ward.