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245 10 a| Let us descend :b| a novel /c| Jesmyn Ward.;

250 a| First Scribner hardcover edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Scribner,c| 2023.;

300 a| 305 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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500 a| "Oprah's book club 2023"--jacket.;

520 a| "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"c| --Provided by publisher.;

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650 6 a| Esclavagez| États-Unisv| Romans, nouvelles, etc.;

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Let us descend : a novel / Jesmyn Ward.

Author/creator	Ward, Jesmyn author.
Format	Book
Edition	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication	New York : Scribner, 2023.
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	305 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Enslaved women--Fiction. Mothers and daughters--Fiction. Racially mixed people--Fiction. Slavery--United States. --Fiction. Femmes esclaves--Romans, nouvelles, etc. Mères et filles--Romans, nouvelles, etc. Esclavage--États-Unis. --Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Abstract	"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.
General note	"Oprah's book club 2023"--jacket.
Issued in other form	Online version: Ward, Jesmyn. Let us descend. New York : Scribner, 2023 9781982104511
Genre/form	Fiction--Literary.
Genre/form	Fiction--Historical--General.
Genre/form	Fiction--African American & Black--Historical.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Romans.
ISBN	9781982104498 (hardcover)
ISBN	198210449X (hardcover)

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