{"product_id":"9781593767969","title":"Code Noir: Fictions","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLubrin, Canisia; Sharpe, Christina\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSoft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/4\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\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\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.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45520191684863,"sku":"9781593767969","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781593767969_s600x595.jpg?v=1775589318","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781593767969","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}