02920cam a2200313 4500 1039401255 TxAuBib 20231109120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781797161518 1797161512 53b4d114-d38f-4e3f-aeb2-b096e69b2efe OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9580491 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ward, Jesmyn. Let Us Descend [Libby] : A Novel. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 225MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 225MB. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK •</b> <b>From 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.</b><br /> "'Let us descend,' the poet now began, 'and enter this blind world.'" —<i>Inferno</i>, Dante Alighieri<br /> <br /> <i>Let Us Descend</i> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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. <i>Let Us Descend</i> is Jesmyn Ward's most magnificent novel yet, a masterwork for the ages. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-11-09 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53b4d114-d38f-4e3f-aeb2-b096e69b2efe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53b4d114-d38f-4e3f-aeb2-b096e69b2efe&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) ALEML