Let us descend: a novel
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"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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Ward, J. (2023). Let us descend: a novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. 2023. Let Us Descend: A Novel. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn, Let Us Descend: A Novel. New York, Scribner, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. Let Us Descend: A Novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, Scribner, 2023.
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