The Arrival: A Novel

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224
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From the author whose writing Jesmyn Ward calls "a perfect song," comes a powerful, deeply affecting, kaleidoscopic novel of pre-Civil War America, shining a light on the everyday heroics of enslaved people who shaped our nation, for fans of Brit Bennett, Percival Everett and Charles Johnson

“We died that you might remember.”

Traversing auction blocks, cotton fields, hush harbors, and dusty roads walked barefoot in search of stolen sons, The Arrival is a sweeping mosaic of Black survival told in a chorus of ancestral voices who refuse to be silenced. Acclaimed, award-winning novelist Daniel Black celebrates the bravery, ingenuity and triumph of those who came before us, offering a lyrical, timely and ultimately luminous reminder of the enduring spirit of African Americans in this unforgettable and essential novel.
From the author whose writing Jesmyn Ward calls "a perfect song," comes a powerful, deeply affecting, kaleidoscopic novel of pre-Civil War America, shining a light on the everyday heroics of enslaved people who shaped our nation, for fans of Brit Bennett, Percival Everett and Charles Johnson “We...

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About the author

Daniel Black is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace and They Tell Me of a Home. He is the winner of the Distinguished Writer Award from the Middle-Atlantic Writer's Association and has been nominated for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, the Ernest J. Gaines Award,and the Georgia Author of the Year Award. He was raised in Blackwell, Arkansas, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Daniel Black is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace and They Tell Me of a Home. He is the winner of the Distinguished Writer Award from the Middle-Atlantic Writer's Association and has been nominated for the ...

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