Let Us Descend
by Jesmyn Ward
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction · 2024 · ShortlistKirkus Prize (Fiction) · 2023 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2024 | Shortlist |
| Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Set in the antebellum American South, this novel follows an enslaved woman named Annis on a journey through the horrors of the domestic slave trade, guided by the spirit of her African grandmother. A Kirkus Prize finalist.
About the Author
Jesmyn WardAmerican
Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist and professor of creative writing at Tulane University. Born in DeLisle, Mississippi, in 1977, she grew up in rural Mississippi, an environment that has profoundly shaped her fiction. She studied at the University of Michigan and Stanford University and received her MFA from Michigan. Read more →
