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Book Description Condition: New. Brand new, pristine condition book offering a fresh and immersive reading experience, ready to captivate any reader from the very first page. Seller Inventory # 77
Book Description Condition: New. Brand new, pristine condition book offering a fresh and immersive reading experience, ready to captivate any reader from the very first page. Seller Inventory # 77
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. OPRAHS 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. -PeopleFrom one of Americas 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 thats 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 readers 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 lyricalraw, 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 Wards most magnificent novel yet. Seller Inventory # DADAX198210449X
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Book of the Month Club November 2023 Edition. Seller Inventory # 1-200
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Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9781982104498
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9781982104498
Book Description Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Let Us Descend 1. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781982104498
Book Description hardcover. Condition: New. OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK Instant New York Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceFrom Jesmyn Ward-the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow-comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War."'Let us descend,' the poet now began, 'and enter this blind world.'" -Inferno, Dante AlighieriLet 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. Seller Inventory # BKZN9781982104498