{"product_id":"a-map-to-the-door-dionne-brand-9781250348845","title":"A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in its first American edition, Dionne Brand's groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eA Map to the Door of No Return\u003c\/i\u003e has emerged as a modern classic, a highly influential exploration of 'being' in the Black diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince its first publication in 2001, in Canada, Dionne Brand's groundbreaking exploration of being in the Black diaspora, \u003ci\u003eA Map to the Door of No Return\u003c\/i\u003e, has emerged as a modern classic. The door, in Brand's iconic schema, represents the point of rupture where the ancestors of the Black diaspora departed one world for another: the place where all names were forgotten, and all beginnings recast. \"This door,\" writes Brand, \"is not mere physicality. It is a spiritual location . . . Since leaving was never voluntary, return was, and still may be, an intention, however deeply buried. There is as it says no way in; no return.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough shards of history, memoir, lyrical investigation, and the unwritten experience of so many descendants of those who passed through the door, Brand constructs a map of this indelible region, culminating in an enduring expression, both definitive and seeking, of what it is to live, think, and create in the wake of colonization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new preface by the author, and an afterword by Saidiya Hartman. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dionne Brand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250348846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250348845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Dionne Brand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064435400959,"sku":"9781250348845","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f435978-a0a9-4d46-87fa-1d970517aa1f.jpg?v=1712124346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-map-to-the-door-dionne-brand-9781250348845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}