Redemption in Indigo

Posted on 24 May 2017 by Karen Lord

A 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 s disgraced himself by murdering livestock and stealing corn When Paama leaves him for good, she attracts the attention of the undying ones the djombi who present her with a gift the Chaos Stick, which allows her to manipulate the subtle forces of the world Unfortunately, a wrathful djombi with indigo skin believes this power should be his and his alone.A contemporary fairy tale that is inspired in part by a Senegalese folk tale. Free Download [ Redemption in Indigo ] Author [ Karen Lord ] – kino-fada.fr What a lukewarm cup of meh After all of the stellar reviews, I just knew this was going to be ah may zing, but, alas, it s basically a fable Ever since Paulo Coelho s New Agey craptastic The Alchemist, me fables nervous twitch Because I start to develop a Community s Jeff Winger like aversion to the feeling that someone s trying to teach me something and I never learn anything This didn t turn out to be as didactic as The Alchemist because it sfocused on the storytellin...4.5 starsThis is a fable, almost a fantasy with an all knowing narrator story teller I must admit I am sometimes wary of fantasies remember The Alchemist , but I enjoyed this one It is a reworking of a Senegalese tale, Ansige Karamba the Glutton , the main protagonist being Paama, his wife She is driven away by his greed and selfishness and returns to her family home She is noticed by the djombi undying ones , some of whom gives her the Chaos Stick, a totem that has some power However, 4.5 starsThis is a fable, almost a fantasy with an all knowing narrator story teller I must admit I am sometimes wary of fantasies remember The Alchemist , but I enjoyed this one It is a reworking of a Senegalese tale, Ansige Karamba the Glutton , the main protagonist being Paama, his wife She is driven away by his greed and selfishness and returns to her family home She is noticed by the djombi undying ones , some...There is a point in Redemption in Indigo when the omniscient narrator says that tales are meant to be an inspiration, not a substitute It is a meaningful line and one that sticks around longer than expected It is one line among many others within this novel that provokes the reader and stimulates a certain level of engagement about the nature of storytelling and reader s expectation It is also an appropriately self descriptive line because Redemption in Indigo is inspiring.The story draws i There is a point in Redemption in Indigo when the omniscient narrator says that tales are meant to be an inspiration, not a substitute It is a meaningful line and one that sticks around longer than expected It ...Based on a Senagalese folk tale, Redemption in Indigo follows a similar quirky story telling style to weave an intricate and sweet little story about a woman named Paama Paama is the elder of two daughters, married to a not overly impressive lord The match seemed like it would work well enough, though, since Paama is an exceptional coo...A magical read, not surprised it won so many prizes It s a sort of fairytale with an oral tradition feel narration, about a woman who is briefly given the power of chaos when the spirit of Chance stops doing his job properly Wise, funny, immensely readable, written with deceptive simplicity ...Lord is a Caribbean author who weaves a Senegalese folk tale into a somewhat modern retelling Not having read the original folktale, I m not sure where one leaves off and another begins, but the story of Paama she could cook and her foolish glutton husband was an easy and entertaining read.All of these quotations are food related, a placeholder for when I bake...in Indigo is the debut novel from Barbadian writer Karen Lord I did have to Google how to refer to someone from Barbados It has won several literary awards that are unfamiliar to me, including the Crawford Award for best fantasy novel by a new writer Redemption in Indigo was also chosen as one ofs Top 10 science fiction and fantasy books of 2010 and has been nominated for the Locus Award.I feel woefully unqualified to review this boo in Indigo is the debut novel from Barbadian writer Karen Lord I did have to Google how to refer to someone from Barbados It has won several literary awards that are unfamiliar to me, including the Crawford Award for best fantasy novel by a new writer Redemption in Indigo was also chosen as one ofs Top 10 science fiction and fantasy books of 2010 and has been nominated for the Locus Award.I feel woefully unqualified to review this book, but I was and honestly remain completely ignorant of the folkloric tradition in which Lord is writing, so I feel utterly unable to comment on Redemption in Indigo s place in that tradition Nor will I comment on the tale s advertised African, specifically Senegalese, flavor beca...So, I was out of town this weekend and found this book available as an audio file from my local library I chose this one because it was only 6 hours long and because it fits many fantasy bingo categories magical realism, fantasy that isn t western culture, under 3k reviews, book published in the 2000s Anyway if I had been reading this as an actual book, I would have quit, but since I had nothing else to do for my 10 hour round trip drive I persevered just so I could check off one of the mo So, I was out of town this weekend and found this book available as an audio file from my local library I chose this one because it was only 6 hours long and because it fits ma... 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 That s where the traditional folktale ends Lord then continues Paama s story by having a djombi present her with the Chaos Stick, an artefact which can manipulate the small possibilities of chaos and Paama uses it wi 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 That s where the traditional folktale ends Lord then continues Paama s story by having a djombi present her with the Chaos Stick, an artefact which can manipulate the small possibilities of chaos and Paama uses it with some skill But the Chaos Stick was stolen from another djombi, the indigo lord, who rather wants it back he takes Paama on a journey to show her the dangers of the chaos stick but ends up learning lessons of his own as well.Lord s novel is written as though being spoken aloud by a storyteller, and this unknown narrator frequently interjects to address the reader directly as here, when a djombi in the form of a spider makes itself known to human characters ...Lord mentions that chapters two through four are loosely based on a Senegalese folk tale, and the entire book has that same feel From the very first page, Lord creates the illusion not of turning the pages, but of sitting back and listening to a master storyteller, one who has no compunctions about addressing the audience directly It s a voice that works perfectly for Paama s story.I loved this book, and to be honest, I m having a hard time figuring out what to say about it, beyond the fact...

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24 May 2017

Karen Lord