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Dominion : A Novel by Addie E. Citchens (2025, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374609330
ISBN-139780374609337
eBay Product ID (ePID)9071919391
Product Key Features
Book TitleDominion : a Novel
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicAfrican American / General
GenreFiction
AuthorAddie E. Citchens
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2025-003342
Reviews"This is the rarest and finest kind of storytelling, where both the tradition and innovation get plucked by the most audacious artistry I've experienced in a long, long time. You read this and see there's literally nothing narratively Citchens can't do with her skill, her will. We have never in our reading lives experienced such an imagination, a gumption, a breathing Mississippi, and a craftsperson this locked in at this stage of her career. My god, we are lucky." --Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy "It's rare that a debut author produces a work of such tenderness and ferocity, but that's what Addie Citchens has done in her unforgettable In the Image of the Beast. Rich with metaphor and thrumming power, it tells a vivid and unforgettable story of two Mississippi Black women. If Citchens didn't exist, the South would invent her. But she does exist and our common literary soil is enriched because of it." --Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of The American Daughters "I loved this brilliant novel. In the Image of the Beast is a must-read. Addie Citchens tackles misogyny with urgency, humor, authenticity, and unflinching honesty. Citchens has crafted an unforgettable work of art that exalts the beauty and strength of Black womanhood against the backdrop of the patriarchy. Thought-provoking and entertaining, this incandescent novel will stay with readers." --Annell López, author of I'll Give You a Reason
SynopsisLong-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner of the O. Henry Prize for "That Girl" An Indies Introduce Pick A Publishers Weekly Writer to Watch A Must-Read: Literary Hub , The Millions , Garden & Gun In this taut Southern family drama, the sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town. Reverend Sabre Winfrey, Jr., shepherd of the Seven Seals Missionary Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. He owns the barbershop and the radio station, and generally keeps an iron hand on every aspect of society in Dominion, Mississippi. He and his wife, Priscilla, have five boys; the youngest, Emanuel, is called Wonderboy--no one sings prettier, runs as fast, or turns as many heads. But Wonderboy, his father, and all the structures in place that keep them on top are not as righteous as they seem to be. And when Wonderboy is caught off guard by an encounter with a stranger, he finds himself confronted by questions he'd never imagined. His response sends shock waves through the entire community. Priscilla and Diamond, two women who love these men, bear witness to their charms and bear the brunt of their choices. Through their eyes and their stories, Dominion offers an intricate, intimate view of how secrets control us, how shame stifles us, how silence implicates us, and how even love plays a role in the everyday violence and casual sins of the powerful. A brilliantly crafted Black Southern family drama told with the captivating force, humor, and tenderness carried in the hearts of these women, Addie E. Citchens's Dominion wrestles with the many brutal, sinister ways in which we are shaped by fear and patriarchy, and studies how we might yet choose to break free.
LC Classification NumberPS3603.I88D66 2025
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