{"product_id":"witches-9781529412239b","title":"Witches","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e'You can't really know another woman until you know yourself.'\u003c\/span\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 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":"MacLehose Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42821714968656,"sku":"9781529412239B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781529412239-l.jpg?v=1785884896","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/witches-9781529412239b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}