{"product_id":"book-kpqg","title":"Code Noir","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\u003eTheory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMap to the Door of No Return\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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":"Highbridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49684729299248,"sku":"BDkpqg","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49684729102640,"sku":"ZEkpqg","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49684729168176,"sku":"ZMkpqg","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/kpqg-cover.jpg?v=1765896691","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kpqg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}