The Deep is the result of work by many voices. The boo written by Rivers Solomon is inspired y the work of clipping which was inspired by yet someone else's work. Because editor Navah Wolfe saw a beautiful vision, his multifaceted art project exists.
Yetu is the historian. She holds the memory of the her people, mermaid who evolved from the African slave women who were thrown overboard pregnant. Once a year she shares these memories, the pain with her tribe but she doesn't exist outside these memories. This year Yetu makes a choice that will change her own life and the lives of her people.
You must go to Spotify or wherever you listen to music and listen to The Deep by the clipping. Because this book is so entwined with the song, you can not truly appreciate what has been done with this novella and how it has beautifully captured (mostly) the themes and moods from the song. This is art within itself.
The novella can easily be broken down into three parts. The first is a lyrical presentation to the characters, the location and their situation. There is beauty in the writing here; Solomon has written their own song. As a reader, go with the rhythm as the plot and story will be explained more in the second section.
The second portion takes Yetu away from the collective and here is where the reader truly understand what the Remembrance is, what it contains and why it is important. The third section wraps up the modern fable but doesn't pack as much of a punch as the past two sections.
My true negative is that it is too short. Not too short as in I needed more, too short as something huge was given and built and then-Snap!- simple resolved. The third section crescendos with a flat fall and everything is suddenly and simply fixed. There was no true fallout to the events beyond Yetu and the population, while remembering their past, seemed to forget their present. Maybe this was a way to say there is no simple answer for the real world parallels but it felt weak on a literary level.
Overall, The Deep is a lyrical, moving, and crosses culturally lines many other novels cannot. This is also multifaceted art. While this book starts from one song, clipping. has created new music based from this book that will be released simultaneously with the book. This brings this project full circle and will touch you emotionally whether you respond more to written word or spoken word.
Yetu is the historian. She holds the memory of the her people, mermaid who evolved from the African slave women who were thrown overboard pregnant. Once a year she shares these memories, the pain with her tribe but she doesn't exist outside these memories. This year Yetu makes a choice that will change her own life and the lives of her people.
You must go to Spotify or wherever you listen to music and listen to The Deep by the clipping. Because this book is so entwined with the song, you can not truly appreciate what has been done with this novella and how it has beautifully captured (mostly) the themes and moods from the song. This is art within itself.
The novella can easily be broken down into three parts. The first is a lyrical presentation to the characters, the location and their situation. There is beauty in the writing here; Solomon has written their own song. As a reader, go with the rhythm as the plot and story will be explained more in the second section.
The second portion takes Yetu away from the collective and here is where the reader truly understand what the Remembrance is, what it contains and why it is important. The third section wraps up the modern fable but doesn't pack as much of a punch as the past two sections.
My true negative is that it is too short. Not too short as in I needed more, too short as something huge was given and built and then-Snap!- simple resolved. The third section crescendos with a flat fall and everything is suddenly and simply fixed. There was no true fallout to the events beyond Yetu and the population, while remembering their past, seemed to forget their present. Maybe this was a way to say there is no simple answer for the real world parallels but it felt weak on a literary level.
Overall, The Deep is a lyrical, moving, and crosses culturally lines many other novels cannot. This is also multifaceted art. While this book starts from one song, clipping. has created new music based from this book that will be released simultaneously with the book. This brings this project full circle and will touch you emotionally whether you respond more to written word or spoken word.