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portada Blue Futures, Break Open: A Novel
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
368
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781959000396
Edition No.
1

Blue Futures, Break Open: A Novel

Zoë Gadegbeku (Author) · West Virginia University Press · Paperback

Blue Futures, Break Open: A Novel - Zoë Gadegbeku

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Synopsis "Blue Futures, Break Open: A Novel"

Blue Basin Island is the final resting spot of formerly enslaved Africans whose souls have flown from Earth--not to heaven or purgatory but toward freedom and a new life. Lucille, the island's seamstress, takes two forms. She lives among the inhabitants in human form and, along with the evil-repelling blue of the houses, her divine form protects people from the violence of the their former lives. Yet, even there, outside of time, the souls are not totally insulated from the world in which they were enslaved. Each time a Black person anywhere is harmed, a piece of Blue Basin disintegrates: an earthquake leaves hundreds of thousands dead, and bricks crumble on the island; when police kill a Black child asleep in her bed, the blue paint on homes throughout the island drips and then runs from the walls. Lucille must hold the island together, but she struggles to juggle the responsibility of ensuring everyone's safety while also seeking and losing her own private love. Grounding the story in African folklore and dipping into the rich literary tradition around African people with the power of flight, Zoë Gadegbeku visualizes the destination at the end of the flight and the new life that awaits them.

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