Description
Blending memoir, lyrical investigation, and shards of history, this groundbreaking work traces the Black Diaspora through the lives, silences, and “unwritten” experiences of those who descend from people who passed through the Door of No Return. Moving between personal inquiry and collective memory, the book follows a search for origins—where names, languages, and stories are both lost and stubbornly preserved. Brand’s style is intimate and formally inventive, using poetic reflection to illuminate how belonging is made, contested, and carried across generations. At its heart, it is a meditation on displacement and survival, and on the urgent need to map what official history refuses to hold.
Available Editions
hardcover
Doubleday Canada
Published Sep 25, 2001
230 pages
ISBN: 9780385258654
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand.