{"product_id":"curandera-9781593767846","title":"Curandera","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet between seventeenth-century Cape Verde and contemporary London, \u003ci\u003eCURANDERA\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic story of rebirth and redemption, and a mythic tale of metamorphic recalibrations across time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Gethsemane, Cape Verde, the appearance of a mysterious new arrival, Zulmira, coincides with a series of strange events. Zulmira is a shamanic disciple of Oni, an omnipotent and loving yet vengeful deity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn contemporary London, botanist Therese lives with Haitian musician Azacca, Peruvian drifter Emilien, and daring Finn. These four kindred spirits, bound together by their shared descent from Oni, travel to another realm to complete a secret, sacred task at Oni's behest. But a disruptive object returns with them from the other plane: a bleeding ribcage, flowering with intoxicating fruit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Zulmira grows close to a fisherman, Domingos, and his wife and daughter, the increasingly disturbing occurrences in Gethsemane disrupt forms, time, and place. In London, Therese and her housemates, growing ever more powerful on the otherworldly fruit, discover the disturbing costs of their service to Oni. As the stage is set for the collision of two dimensions, the esoteric workings of shamanism intersect with powerful forces of friendship, love, and jealousy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIRENOSEN OKOJIE\u003c\/b\u003e is a Nigerian British author. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eButterfly Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, and short story collections, \u003ci\u003eSpeak Gigantular\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNudibranch\u003c\/i\u003e, have won and been nominated for multiple awards. Her journalism has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e. Vice chair of the Royal Society of Literature, she was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in 2021. She is the director and founder of the Black to the Future festival.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424472006930,"sku":"9781593767846","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05f7c8c7-9c20-4c2a-b79a-ebb52e8d89c6.jpg?v=1751379544","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/curandera-9781593767846","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}