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KlappentextHere is groundbreaking, dazzling debut fiction from one of Canada's most exciting and admired writers.
Canisia Lubrin's debut fiction is that rare work of art-a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure is deceptively simple: it departs from the infamous real-life "Code Noir," a set of historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire. The original Code had fifty-nine articles; Code Noir has fifty-nine linked fictions-vivid, unforgettable, multi-layered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past.
Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees. This is a timely, daring, virtuosic book by a young literary star. The stories are accompanied by black-and-white drawings-one at the start of each fiction-by acclaimed visual artist Torkwase Dyson.
Canisia Lubrin's debut fiction is that rare work of art-a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure is deceptively simple: it departs from the infamous real-life "Code Noir," a set of historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire. The original Code had fifty-nine articles; Code Noir has fifty-nine linked fictions-vivid, unforgettable, multi-layered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past.
Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees. This is a timely, daring, virtuosic book by a young literary star. The stories are accompanied by black-and-white drawings-one at the start of each fiction-by acclaimed visual artist Torkwase Dyson.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-7352-8221-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum06.02.2024
Seiten360 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 21 mm
Gewicht558 g
Artikel-Nr.59497139
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GenreRomane Hardcover