The Salt Roads is a folk tale of historical fiction by Nalo Hopkinson.
Against the restrictions of time, a Ginen Goddess travels through and lives the lives of three women. Each on their own journeys, the goddess interweaves the women's sexual, personal, and religious experiences.
When Mer, Tipingee, and Georgine go by the river to bury the stillborn child, their cries call forth Lasiren, also referred to as Ezili. Lasiren speaks to Mer, and asks...
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The Salt Roads is a folk tale of historical fiction by Nalo Hopkinson.
Against the restrictions of time, a Ginen Goddess travels through and lives the lives of three women. Each on their own journeys, the goddess interweaves the women's sexual, personal, and religious experiences.
When Mer, Tipingee, and Georgine go by the river to bury the stillborn child, their cries call forth Lasiren, also referred to as Ezili. Lasiren speaks to Mer, and asks her to find out why her salt roads are blocked up.
"The sea roads, they're drying up."
"The sea is drying up?"
"Not this sea, Stupid child!" Her tail slapped, sent up a fountain, exploding and drenching me. "The sea in the minds of my Ginen. The sea roads, the salt roads. And the sweet ones, too; the rivers. Can't follow them to their sources any more. You must fix it, Mer" (pg. 65).
The Salt Roads is a novel that tells the story of the Ginen fertility god, Lasirén. As she moves through the bodies of female characters, inhabiting them for...
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