{"product_id":"witches-by-brenda-lozano","title":"Witches by Brenda Lozano","description":"\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'You can't really know another woman until you know yourself.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary novel envisions the writer as healer, one who uses\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLenguaje\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Language) to read\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl Libro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 12\/09\/2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Fiction, Fantasy, Horror\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 281\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 234 x 154mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brenda Lozano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52233635070262,"sku":"9781529412215","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Books_61.jpg?v=1750134429","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/witches-by-brenda-lozano","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}