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Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo
Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa finds herself at the heart of a
voodoo prophecy: only she can travel back in time and save the
ocean - and humanity - from disaster. But first she must become the
man she always was - with the help of a sacred anemone.Tentacle is
an electric novel with a big appetite and a brave vision, plunging
headfirst into questions of climate change, technology, Yoruba
ritual, queer politics, poverty, sex, colonialism and contemporary
art. Bursting with punk energy and lyricism, it's a restless,
addictive trip: The Tempest meets the telenovela.
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Made in Saturn (Paperback)
Rita Indiana; Translated by Sydney Hutchinson
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R310
R252
Discovery Miles 2 520
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These are the children of revolutions, and this is their story.
This is the Caribbean. This is Argenis Luna: an artist who no
longer paints, a heroin addict who no longer uses, and an overgrown
child trying to make sense of his inheritance in a country where
his once-revolutionary father is now part of the ruling elite.
Thrown out of rehab in Havana, with Goya's tyrannical god Saturn on
his mind, Argenis picks his way through the detritus of an
abandoned generation: the drag queens, artists, hustlers and lovers
trying to build lives amidst the wreckage. Mesmerising and
visionary, Made in Saturn is a hangover from a riotous funeral, a
rapid-fire elegy for the revolutionary spirit, and a glimpse of
hope for all who feel eclipsed by those who came before them.
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Papi (Paperback)
Rita Indiana
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R399
R300
Discovery Miles 3 000
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"Papi's there, around any corner," says the eight-year-old girl at
the heart of Papi. "But you can't sit down and wait for him cuz
that's a longer and more painful death." Living in Santo Domingo,
she waits for her father to come back from the United States and
lavish her with the glorious rewards of his fame and fortune--shiny
new cars and polo shirts, gold chains and Nikes. But when Papi does
come back, he turns out to be more "like Jason, the guy from Friday
the 13th," than a prince. Papi is a drug dealer, a man who is
clearly unreliable and dangerous but nevertheless makes his
daughter feel powerful and wholly, terrifyingly alive. Drawing on
her memories of a childhood split between Santo Domingo and visits
with her father amid the luxuries of the United States, Rita
Indiana mixes satire with a child's imagination, horror with
science fiction, in a swirling tale of a daughter's love, the lure
of crime and machismo, and the violence of the adult world.
Expertly translated into English for the first time by Achy Obejas,
who renders the rhythmic lyricism of Indiana's Dominican Spanish in
language that propels the book forward with the relentless beat of
a merengue, Papi is furious, musical, and full of wit--a
passionate, overwhelming, and very human explosion of artistic
virtuosity.
A girl waits for her father, a Dominican mobster whom she idolizes
and who always shows up without warning. All throughout her life
her daddy appears, disappears, and reappears, laden with money and
an endless supply of cars, girlfriends, and presents. Narrated by
this young girl as she awaits the return of her daddy, this urban
novel is as moving as it is illuminating regarding Caribbean
culture and the world of organized crime. "Una nina espera a su
padre, un mafioso dominicano al que idolatra y quien siempre llega
sin avisar. A lo largo de toda su vida su papi aparece, desaparece
y reaparece, cargado de dolares y un sinfin de coches, novias y
regalos. Narrada por esta nina joven mientras espera el regreso de
su papi, esta novela urbana es tanto estremecedora como reveladora
acerca de la cultura caribena y el mundo del crimen organizado."
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