· Redemption in Indigo is Karen Lord’s interpretation/extension of a Senegalese folktale. We begin with the gluttonous Ansige tracking down his wife Paama, who had left him; after being tricked and humiliated three times by djombi (spirit creatures, ‘gods’), Ansige takes his leave/5. Redemption in Indigo is a short novel inspired by African folklore. Paama has left her foolish and gluttonous husband, Ansige, and refuses to return to him. When he tries to win her back and instead makes a complete fool of himself, the djombi (spirits/gods) are so impressed with the way she handles the situation that they give her a gift of great power/5(86). · A slender fictive work, Redemption in Indigo is told in an even, neatly-trimmed pace, with no chapter likely to be accused of unnecessary padding. Though a minor marvel of economic exuberance, one rather longs for those extra chapters, especially in those scenes where Paama’s journeys scatter her footsteps across the globe, as she tries to parse the complexities of meaning that Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.
Title: Redemption in Indigo Author: Karen Lord Genre: Fantasy, Fable Publisher: Small Beer Press Publication date: July 6th Paperback: pages Karen Lord's debut novel is an intricately woven tale of adventure, magic, and the power of the human spirit. Paama's husband is a fool and a glutton. Bad enough that he followed her to her parents' home in the village of Makendha—now he. Barbadian author, editor and research consultant Karen Lord is known for her debut novel Redemption in Indigo, which won the Frank Collymore Literary Award, the Carl Brandon Parallax Award, the William L. Crawford Award, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and the Kitschies Golden Tentacle (Best Debut), and was longlisted for the Bocas Prize for. Listen to Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord with a free trial.\nListen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. An intricately woven tale of adventure, magic, and the power of the human spirit Bursting with humour and rich in fantastic detail, Redemption in Indigo is a clever, contemporary fairytale that introduces.
Redemption in Indigo is a short novel inspired by African folklore. Paama has left her foolish and gluttonous husband, Ansige, and refuses to return to him. When he tries to win her back and instead makes a complete fool of himself, the djombi (spirits/gods) are so impressed with the way she handles the situation that they give her a gift of great power. Redemption in Indigo. by Karen Lord. Nisi Shawl. Mon Jan 8, am 1 comment 1 Favorite [+] In February of , Fantastic Stories of the Imagination published an essay by me called “ A. Unfortunately, a wrathful djombi with indigo skin believes this power should be his and his alone. Bursting with humor and rich in fantastic detail, Redemption in Indigo is a clever, contemporary fairy tale that introduces readers to a dynamic new voice in Caribbean literature. Lord’s world of spider tricksters and indigo immortals is inspired in part by a Senegalese folk tale—but Paama’s adventures are fresh, surprising, and utterly original.
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