{"product_id":"time-of-the-locust-9781476731360","title":"Time of the Locust","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deeply imaginative debut novel about a family in crisis, \u003ci\u003eTime of the Locust\u003c\/i\u003e \"deftly brings together the fantastic and the realistic, and touches on a variety of issues, from politics, race, and murder to disability, domestic tragedy, and myth...[and] spins them with gold and possibility\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSephiri is an autistic boy who lives in a world of his own making, where he dwells among imagined sea creatures that help him process information in the \"real world\" in which he is forced to live. But lately he has been having dreams of a mysterious place, and he starts creating fantastical sketches of this strange, inner world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrenda, Sephiri's mother, struggles with raising her challenged child alone. Her only wish is to connect with him--a smile on his face would be a triumph. Sephiri's father, Horus, is serving a life sentence in prison, making the days even lonelier for Brenda and Sephiri. Yet prison is still not enough to separate father and son. In the seventh year of his imprisonment and at the height of his isolation, Horus develops extraordinary mental abilities that allow him to reach his son. Memory and yearning carry him outside his body, and through the realities of their ordeals and dreamscape, Horus and Sephiri find each other--and find hope in ways never imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeftly portrayed by the remarkably talented Morowa Yejidé, this \"unique and astounding debut\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Lalita Tademy) is a harrowing, mystical, and redemptive journey toward the union of a family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYejide, Morowa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Morowa Yejidé's (pronounced: Moe-roe-wah Yay-gee-day) short stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eIstanbul Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAscent Aspirations Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnderground Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAdirondack Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Her story \"Tokyo Chocolate\" was nominated in 2009 for the Pushcart Prize, anthologized in the best of the Willesden Herald Stories, and reviewed in the \u003ci\u003eJapan Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eTime of the Locust\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2012 finalist for the national PEN\/Bellwether Prize and longlisted for the 2015 PEN\/Bingham award. \u003ci\u003eTime of the Locust\u003c\/i\u003e is also a 2015 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and three sons.","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850696691986,"sku":"9781476731360","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a591f864-0bd8-4bb4-a466-029d194a3a24.jpg?v=1737417492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/time-of-the-locust-9781476731360","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}