Let Us Descend (Unabridged) Let Us Descend (Unabridged)

Let Us Descend (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 3.6 • 64 Ratings
    • $19.99

    • $19.99

Publisher Description

OPRAH’S 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.” —People

From “one of America’s 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 that’s 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 reader’s 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 lyrical…raw, 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 Ward’s most magnificent novel yet.

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
JW
Jesmyn Ward
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
08:12
hr min
RELEASED
2023
October 24
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster Audio
SIZE
405
MB

Customer Reviews

LionelEssrog ,

Let Us Descend

Beautiful, deep, visceral, poetic writing that puts the reader inside the main character’s mind, body and spirit, experiencing her world as she does, in many layers, on many levels. The Author’s reading is perfect, and raises the level of understanding her words and this story for the listener.

Marzbar70 ,

Just ok

The book was lacking something to grip you. It at points was overly descriptive. i kept waiting and waiting for something.

Bible Reader 7698 ,

Beautifully Written

This book is a must read!!! I could not put this book down. It made me cry. It made me sad. It made me hopeful. I give five stars.

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