Humus Kanor Palermo Paperback MP–VIR Uni of Virginia 9780813944692

HumusAuthor(s): Fabienne Kanor, Lynn E. Palermo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Virginia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Virginia Press\nISBN-13: 9780813944692, 978-0813944692\nSynopsis\nWhile researching in Nantes, a port city enriched by the slave trade, celebrated French novelist Fabienne Kanor came across a chilling report written in 1774 by the commander of a slave ship, Le Soleil. Captain Louis Mosnier recounted the loss of valuable \""cargo\"" when fourteen African women escaped from the ships hold to leap overboard rather than face enslavement. Half of them drowned or were eaten by sharks.\n\nFrom this tragic incident, Kanor has composed a powerful, polyphonic novel in which each woman tells her own vivid story. Their disparate lives from differing cultures, conditions, and perspectives intersect through their violent mistreatment, profound sense of disorientation, and collective act of resistance. These intertwined narratives reveal the brutalizing e.