Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems Free Audiobook Download by Robin Coste Lewis

Robin Coste Lewis is known for her rich and evocative imagery in her poems. In this collection, she captures the sounds of nature, the beauty and destruction of humanity, and the fierce love that exists between all living things. The collection is often described as a “conceptual journey to the heart of life.”

The Voyage of the Sable Venus is an audiobook by Robin Coste Lewis, narrated by herself. The author is a professor of literature at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. The poems are written primarily in French and draw upon her many travels to France and throughout Europe. In this book we are introduced to her thoughts about travel, the landscape, and the people she meets on the way. These thoughts are set against a backdrop of beautiful descriptions written with a poetic flair.

In the great tradition of Robinson Crusoe and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Robin Coste Lewis's Journey of the Sable Venus is a rich, inventive, and challenging coming-of-age story. Set in 17th-century New England, it tells the tale of an African American woman who has been sold into slavery but manages to escape, only to be left behind on a small island - as she awaits rescue or death. It offers an important window into colonial life that deftly makes use of its cultural context.

In this audiobook, Robin Coste Lewis shares her love of Egypt, Africa and its ancient texts and stories. For many readers, Robin Coste Lewis's work will be a refreshing change from the long-standing tradition of reading poetry in English.

The poems are very personal and the author is at once apologetic of some of his subject matter, but he never wavers in his desire to tell what he has seen.