{"product_id":"curandera","title":"Curandera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I loved it. Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.\" Joanne Harris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Curandera is the mesmerising by-product of Okojie's extraordinary imagination and writing that is mindbogglingly glorious.\" Yvvette Edwards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century Cape Verde, a mysterious woman's arrival sparks a series of strange events that will leave the town's inhabitants changed: men sporadically blind in the afternoons, children disappearing and reappearing without warning and infertile women pregnant with the memories of past births.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn present-day London, a quartet are brought together by their fascination with ritual, miracles and a life beyond the mundane. Botanist Therese lives with Azacca, a soulful Haitian musician, Peruvian drifter Emilien, who is haunted by the past, and adventurous Finn, who is increasingly drawn to living life on the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the past and present beginning to blur into one, Curandera is a story of rebirth and redemption, a mythic tale of recalibrations across time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Irenosen Okojie's previous books:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dazzling . . . a feast for the senses.\" Diana Evans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the finest literary imaginations working today.\" Max Porter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A liberatingly odd, seductive and fearless talent.\" Laline Paull\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Okojie has a sharp eye . . . and a turn of phrase that switches from elegance to brutality in a single line.\" Stella Duffy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64060701540721,"sku":"9780349700946","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/7420\/6321\/files\/9780349700946.jpg?v=1781539164","url":"https:\/\/inchstonebooks.com\/products\/curandera","provider":"Inchstone Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}