{"product_id":"new-worlds-old-ways-speculative-tales-from-the-caribbean-9781617755262","title":"New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand-new stories by: \u003c\/strong\u003e Tammi Browne-Bannister, Summer Edward, Portia Subran, Brandon O'Brien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Richard B. Lynch, Elizabeth J. Jones, Damion Wilson, Brian Franklin, Ararimeh Aiyejina, and H.K. Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo not be misled by the 'speculative' in the title. Although there may be robots and fantastical creatures, these common symbols are tools to frame the familiar from fresh perspectives. Here you will find the recent past and ongoing present of government and society with curfews, crime, and corruption; the universal themes of family, growth and death, love and hate; the struggle to thrive when power is capricious and revenge too bittersweet. Here too is the passage of everything-old ways, places, peoples, and ourselves-leaving nothing behind but memories, histories, and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology speaks to the fragility of our Caribbean home, but reminds the reader that although home may be vulnerable, it is also beautifully resilient. The voice of our literature declares that in spite of disasters, this people and this place shall not be wholly destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead for delight, then read for depth, and you will not be disappointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaren Lord, a Barbadian author and research consultant, is known for her debut novel \u003ci\u003eRedemption in Indigo, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 2008 Frank Collymore Literary Award, the 2010 Carl Brandon Parallax Award, the 2011 William L. Crawford Award, the 2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and the 2012 Kitschies Golden Tentacle (Best Debut), and was longlisted for the 2011 Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and nominated for the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Her second novel \u003ci\u003eThe Best of All Possible Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2009 Frank Collymore Literary Award, the 2013 \u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Reviewers' Choice Awards for Best Science Fiction Novel, and was a finalist for the 2014 Locus Awards. Its sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Galaxy Game, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in January 2015.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474336092434,"sku":"9781617755262","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d77d7521-f9ea-4f0c-8942-89a61518815f.jpg?v=1730217374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/new-worlds-old-ways-speculative-tales-from-the-caribbean-9781617755262","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}