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"Precise and illuminating." - Bernardine Evaristo OBE.Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize.Lovelorn aliens abduct innocent coffee shop waitresses. Ghosts of errant Londoners haunt the Underground, caught between here and the hereafter. Brave young women seek erotic empowerment... at their own peril.These are the worlds of Speak Gigantular, the startling debut short story collection from acclaimed author Irenosen Okojie MBE. Understated in her humour and razor-sharp in her observations of humankind, Okojie''s eclectic anthology offers an unflinching gaze into the darkest corners of the human experience.Sexy, serious, and often downright disturbing, this brilliant debut collection sizzles with originality."A work of rare confidence, luminous imagery and full of hidden sharp edges." - Nina Allan, winner of the Grand Prix de l''Imaginaire."Irenosen Okojie''s Speak Gigantular should, if there is any literary justice, place her in a circle with writers like Shirley Jackson, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter." - New Orleans Review.

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''The power of this weird, haunting fiction is undeniable.'' Guardian''Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.'' Joanne Harris''Mindbogglingly glorious.'' Yvvette EdwardsIn 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 disappearing and reappearing without warning and infertile women 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 Azacca, a soulful Haitian musician, 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.''I was blown away by Curandera and by the epic scale of Okojie''s imagination and creativity . . . I loved it.'' Louise Minchin''An exhilarating experience of a novel that will take you on a hallucinatory trip into the soul and the phantasmagorical unknown.'' Bernardine Evaristo''Chimeric and delirious.'' Scotland on SundayPraise for Irenosen Okojie''s previous books:''Dazzling ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''The power of this weird, haunting fiction is undeniable.'' Guardian''Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.'' Joanne Harris''A delightful gourmet of magical, creative prose and masterful storytelling.'' Alex WheatleIn contemporary London, Therese, Azacca, Emilien and Finn are kindred spirits, bound by their shared descent from the loving yet vengeful deity, Oni. Set with a sacred task by their god, they travel to an otherworldly plane - but one day, something returns with them.In the mountainous town of 17th-century Gethsemane, the mysterious arrival of Zulmira sparks a series of strange events that will leave the locals changed. As she settles into the community, these increasingly menacing miracles disrupt time and place, whilst the quartet discover the cost of their service to Oni.With the past and the present set to collide, Curandera is a mythic tale of rebirth and redemption, love and jealousy, and the magnetic workings of shamanism.''Mindbogglingly glorious.'' Yvvette Edwards''I was blown away by Curandera and by the epic scale of Okojie''s imagination and creativity . . . I loved it.'' Louise Minchin''I''m in awe of Irenosen Okojie''s burden of talent. Leave your rational mind behind with your phone and enter Curandera''s spell.'' Laline Paull

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A house is more than just a place to lay your head at night. Sometimes, the walls remember. Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up. From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the disenfranchised and the lost. Featuring stories by: Chuck Palahniuk, Grady Hendrix, Kirsty Logan, Will Maclean, Irenosen Okojie, Alison Moore, Matthew Holness, Claire Fuller, Clay Macleod Chapman and Ally Wilkes.

Objev podobné jako Unquiet Guests - Chuck Palahniuk, Grady Hendrix, Claire Fullerová, Clay McLeod Chapman, Kirsty Logan, Irenosen Okojie, Will Maclean, Alison Moore, Mat