{"product_id":"9781592704101-our-beautiful-darkness","title":"Our Beautiful Darkness","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Graphic Novel\u003cbr\u003eA blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness, in this fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness in \u003ci\u003eOur Beautiful Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki and illustrator \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eó\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enio Jorge Gon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eç\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ealves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from Portuguese \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Lyn Miller-Lachmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003eKirkus\u003ci\u003e Best YA Book of 2024 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected for the USBBY Outstanding International Book List, 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected for the shortlist for the 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003eFive Books\u003ci\u003e Best New Book for Teens of 2024\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The light goes out suddenly. And in this absence of light, a pair of teenagers bare their souls. Into the warm silence of the night, they share a conversation filled with their stories and dreams… and maybe even a first kiss. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Set against the backdrop of the civil war that ravaged Angola in the 1990s, this book weaves the country’s history with a teenage boy’s family stories. But when a power outage shrouds the neighborhood in darkness, everyday realities fade away… As the boy and a girl sit talking in the backyard, memory gives way to imagination and vulnerability, and the space between them becomes charged with emotional electricity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Their resulting conversation is both a meditation on the storytelling impulse and a gripping narrative of first love that, through its particulars, ascends to the universal. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41601058439265,"sku":"9781592704101","price":10.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27650408.jpg?v=1721981585","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781592704101-our-beautiful-darkness","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}