{"product_id":"confrontations-9781639730919","title":"Confrontations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold, unsettling, surprisingly tender debut novel for readers of Jesmyn Ward and \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSalomé Atabong is the sixteen-year-old daughter of a Cameroonian father and a Dutch mother, living in the Netherlands. She arrives at a juvenile detention center to start a six-month sentence for a violent crime, which she did commit but does not regret. Expected to visit with a racist psychologist and perform her apologies, Salomé refuses to atone. But even if Salomé could get home, it would be no refuge: her father has recently been diagnosed with liver cancer, and her elder sister Miriam's main preoccupation is to get out of the village as soon as possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter months in the prison system, she realizes she must come to terms with the real reason behind her rage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaw and unsentimental yet lyrical, \u003ci\u003eConfrontations\u003c\/i\u003e captures the paradoxical demands society makes on Black women, the way communities, schools, and the prison system perpetuate racism, and the cost of Black female defiance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone Atangana Bekono \u003c\/b\u003estudied creative writing at the ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem. Her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003ehow the first sparks became visible\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Poëziedebuutprijs Aan Zee for best first book of poetry. She lives in Amsterdam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen\u003c\/b\u003e is a bilingual freelance translator, focusing on literary fiction and nonfiction. She obtained her postgraduate certificate in literary translation from University College. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604189057298,"sku":"9781639730919","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c053fd1-f8f2-4330-81ed-7ef176400b28.jpg?v=1732256510","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/confrontations-9781639730919","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}