{"product_id":"9781529412239-witches","title":"Witches","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of three women - an indigenous healer, a trans woman, and a journalist - from different worlds who uncover striking parallels between their lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'You can't really know another woman until you know yourself.'\u003c\/i\u003e\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 \u003ci\u003eEl\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLenguaje\u003c\/i\u003e (Language) to read \u003ci\u003eEl Libro\u003c\/i\u003e (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\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40839945093217,"sku":"9781529412239","price":9.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27713232.jpg?v=1722000958","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529412239-witches","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}