{"product_id":"9780735282230","title":"Code Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003e***WINNER OF THE 2025 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION*** \u003cbr\u003eFINALIST 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 •\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGroundbreaking, dazzling debut fiction from one of Canada's most exciting and admired writers.\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 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 (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Canada |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-06-03","offer_id":46836118585599,"sku":"9780735282230","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_36106a40-55c2-445d-9d1b-12073e7c2346.jpg?v=1746559673","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780735282230","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}