{"product_id":"witches-1","title":"Witches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers.                                                                                 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeaving together two parallel narratives, this is the story of Feliciana, an indigenous curandera (healer), and of Zoe, a journalist: two women drawn together by the murder of Feliciana's cousin Paloma.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the tiny village of San Felipe in Jalisco province, where traditional ways of life and belief are a present reality, Feliciana tells the story of her life, her community's acceptance of her as a genuine curandera and the difficulties faced by her cousin Paloma who is a Muxe (both male and female), in her case a trans woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing up in Mexico City, the heart of modern Mexico, Zoe attempts to find her way in a hostile world made for men, as she reflects on what drew her to Feliciana and Paloma, and her own relationship with the innate powers of a curandera. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis extraordinary novel envisions the writer as healer, one who uses El Lenguaje (Language) to read El Libro (The Book) that contains the mystery of the world, and offers a generous and distinctly female way of understanding the complex world we all inhabit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brenda Lozano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43903742279937,"sku":"9781529412239","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-726.png?v=1708966424","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/witches-1","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}