{"product_id":"witches-5","title":"Witches","description":"A bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You can''t really know another woman until you know yourself.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together two parallel narratives, this is the story of Feliciana, an indigenous curandera (healer), and of Zoë, a journalist: two women drawn together by the murder of Feliciana''s cousin Paloma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in Mexico City, the heart of modern Mexico, Zoë 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59404752748879,"sku":"9781529412239","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/c52899876ca84f6da2ec0d04b633de819781529412239_1.jpg?v=1793853543","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/witches-5","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}