{"product_id":"code-noir-fictions-9781593767969","title":"Code Noir: Fictions","description":"\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Canisia Lubrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.38w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767969","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43324787097737,"sku":"9781593767969","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_56221de3-8b14-4313-aa97-b8a681c607c1.jpg?v=1738648621","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/code-noir-fictions-9781593767969","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}