{"product_id":"9781797161501","title":"Let Us Descend: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“‘Let us descend,’ the poet now began, ‘and enter this blind world.’” —\u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, Dante Alighieri\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnnis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the listener’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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom 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. \u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e is Jesmyn Ward’s most magnificent novel yet, a masterwork for the ages.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48149338652912,"sku":"9781797161501","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781797161501_p0.jpg?v=1763739231","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781797161501","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}