{"product_id":"code-noir-fictions-1","title":"Code Noir: Fictions","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eCode Noir\u003c\/i\u003e is storytelling at its deepest and most intimate. These stories are magic and you must enter them as if you, too, are wondrous.\" --Dionne Brand, author of \u003ci\u003eNomenclature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Map to the Door of No Return\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCanisia Lubrin's debut fiction is that rare work of art--a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure, deceptively simple, 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. The original code had fifty-nine articles; \u003ci\u003eCode Noir\u003c\/i\u003e has fifty-nine linked fictions--vivid, unforgettable, multilayered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanied by black-and-white drawings--one at the start of each fiction--by acclaimed visual artist Torkwase Dyson, and with a foreword by Christina Sharpe, \u003ci\u003eCode Noir\u003c\/i\u003e ranges in style from contemporary realism to dystopian literature, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction. This inventive, shape-shifting braid of narratives exists far beyond the boundaries of an official decree.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51814756155623,"sku":"9781593767969","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_7e5a90de-abf9-48aa-9ec5-9c0a181c45b0.jpg?v=1771903966","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/code-noir-fictions-1","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}