{"product_id":"witches-2","title":"Witches","description":"\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 Zoe, 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, Zoe 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","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42973936287922,"sku":"9781529412239","price":305.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/391855_6418e821daf359.97742328_9781529412239_743596f1-2076-400a-8760-720db1c83859.jpg?v=1679357492","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/witches-2","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}