Rarely has a book had such an extensive history and collaborators in ideas before it begins. The Deep is a novella by Rivers Solomon (who authored the original AMAZING novel An Unkindness of Ghosts, based on the song The Deep by rap-group clipping. The song The Deep was written by clipping. at the behest of the producers of This American Life; the song pulls from the mythology created by Drexciya, an electronic music duo in the late 90's.
Exhausted/confused yet? If so, just start with the fact that the story is awesome, the mythology has depth (no pun intended) and some of the societal concepts created for them have layers of possible meaning and challenges.
Yetu is a historian for her people, who are the descendants of the unborn children of slaves who were thrown overboard by slavers. Their past is painful to remember so only one of their people must carry that burden and it falls to Yetu. A sad, personal, moving tale with great care and love. An amazing creation with a rich set of connections.
Exhausted/confused yet? If so, just start with the fact that the story is awesome, the mythology has depth (no pun intended) and some of the societal concepts created for them have layers of possible meaning and challenges.
Yetu is a historian for her people, who are the descendants of the unborn children of slaves who were thrown overboard by slavers. Their past is painful to remember so only one of their people must carry that burden and it falls to Yetu. A sad, personal, moving tale with great care and love. An amazing creation with a rich set of connections.