{"product_id":"code-noir-1","title":"Code Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION - FINALIST FOR THE 2024 ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE - FINALIST FOR THE 2024 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION - \u003ci\u003eGLOBE AND MAIL'S \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOKS OF 2024 - CBC'S BEST CANADIAN FICTION OF 2024 - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGroundbreaking, dazzling debut fiction from one of Canada's most exciting and admired writers. \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 is deceptively simple: it departs from the infamous real-life \"Code Noir,\" a set of 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\u003ehas fifty-nine linked fictions--vivid, unforgettable, multi-layered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past. Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees. This is a timely, daring, virtuosic book by a young literary star. The stories are accompanied by black-and-white drawings--one at the start of each fiction--by acclaimed visual artist Torkwase Dyson.","brand":"Canisia Lubrin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46386499354860,"sku":"9780735282230","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780735282230.jpg?v=1745084748","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/code-noir-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}