Canisia Lubrin

Code Noir : Fictions

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ISBN 13:: 9781593767969
author:: Canisia Lubrin
format:: Hardcover
publisher:: Counterpoint Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2025
Pages:: 416
Genre:: African American / General Fiction
Condition:: New
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Code Noir Fictions is a groundbreaking work of fiction that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure is based on the infamous Code Noir, a set of real historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire.

Canisia Lubrin's debut fiction is a brilliant and original book that ranges in style from contemporary realism to dystopian literature, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction. Accompanied by black-and-white drawings by acclaimed visual artist Torkwase Dyson, Code Noir is a shape-shifting braid of narratives that exists far beyond the boundaries of an official decree.

With a foreword by Christina Sharpe, Code Noir is a testament to the power of storytelling and its ability to explore the complexities of the past and the present.

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