Published 27th June 2024
Hardback | £20.00 | Dialogue Books
ISBN: 9780349700946
This Summer, the award-winning author of Butterfly Fish and Nudibranch will release this extraordinary, thrilling, and mythical novel that will explore the darker elements of shamanism, desire, betrayal and friendship – spanning time and dimensions.
Set in the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century Cape Verde, a mysterious woman’s arrival sparks a series of strange events that will leave the town’s inhabitants changed: men sporadically blind in the afternoons, children disappear and reappear without warning, and infertile women become pregnant with the memories of past births.
In present-day London, a quartet are brought together by their fascination with ritual, miracles, and a life beyond the mundane. Botanist, Therese lives with Haitian musician Azacca, Peruvian drifter Emilien, who is haunted by the past, and adventurous Finn, who is increasingly drawn to living life on the edge.
With the past and present beginning to blur into one, Curandera is a story of rebirth and redemption, a mythic tale of recalibrations across time.
Curandera is perfect for fans who love a mix of modern and contemporary fiction, with a spiritual, religious and fantasy twist. Curandera will be available to buy from bookshops on 27th June 2024.
Praise for Irenosen’s previous books:
“I loved it. Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.” Joanne Harris, author of CHOCOLAT
“One of the finest literary imaginations working today.” Max Porter, author of Grief is a Thing with Feathers and Shy
“A liberatingly odd, seductive and fearless talent.” Laline Paull, author of The Bees and Pod
“Okojie has served up a delightful gourmet of magical, creative prose and masterful storytelling. A rare talent.” Alex Wheatle MBE, author of The Humiliations of Welton Blake
“With her trademark lyricism and inventiveness, Okojie takes us into the different worlds of ‘Curandera’ with an ease that runs as smooth as honey.” Mahsuda Snaith, author of How To Find Home
“Dazzling… A feast for the senses.” Diana Evans, author of A House for Alice
“Okojie has a sharp eye… and a turn of phrase that switches from elegance to brutality in a single line.” Stella Duffy, author of Furies: Stories of the Wicked
About Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short story collection Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Nudibranch, her second collection was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize, the story Grace Jones won the 2020 AKO Caine Prize. A fellow and Vice Chair of The Royal Society of Literature, she is the co-presenter of the BBC’s Novels That Shaped Our World podcast, Turn Up For The Books. She was awarded an MBE For Services to Literature in 2021. Irenosen is the director and founder of Black to the Future, a multidisciplinary Afrofuturist festival.
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