Sorrowland
Solomon, Rivers2022
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Vern, a Black woman with albinism, is hunted after escaping a religious compound, then she discovers that her body is changing and that she is developing extra-sensory powers. Alone in the woods, she gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong - not with them, but with her own body. It's itching, it's stronger, it's not normal. To understand her body's metamorphosis, Vern must investigate not just the secluded religious compound she fled but the violent history of dehumanisation, medical experimentation, and genocide that produced it. In the course of reclaiming her own darkness, Vern learns that monsters aren't just individuals, but entire histories, systems, and nations.
Main title:
Sorrowland / Rivers Solomon.
Author:
Solomon, Rivers, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2022.
Collation:
355 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
ISBN:
9781529118759 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92SF
Language:
English
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BRN:
286660
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