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Andrew Limbong highlighted the debut fiction title, noting it won the Carol Shields Prize and comprises 59 interconnected short stories inspired by the French laws that regulated slavery. He explained that judges praised it as a virtuoso collection that breaks new ground in short fiction. The discussion conveyed strong enthusiasm for the book's innovative storytelling.
Episode: NPR News: 05-02-2025 10AM EDT
This debut fiction book, a collection of 59 connected short stories, won the Carol Shields Prize for fiction. The stories took inspiration from French King Louis XIV's laws that legalized and regulated slavery in France and the French colonies.
Her debut fiction book, Code Noir, won her the prize, though. It's a collection of 59 connected short stories taking inspiration from French King Louis XIV's laws legalizing and regulating slavery in France and the French colonies.
Judges for the Carol Shields Prize called it a, quote, virtuoso collection that breaks new ground in short fiction.