Curandera

<p><b>''The power of this weird, haunting fiction is undeniable.'' </b><i>Guardian<br></i><b>''Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.'' </b>Joanne Harris<br><b>''Mindbogglingly glorious.'' </b>Yvvette Edwards<br><br>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 disappearing and reappearing without warning and infertile women pregnant with the memories of past births.<br><br>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.<br><br>With the past and present beginning to blur into one, <i>Curandera</i> is a story of rebirth and redemption, a mythic tale of recalibrations across time.<br><br><b>''I was blown away by <i>Curandera </i>and by the epic scale of Okojie''s imagination and creativity . . . I loved it.'' </b>Louise Minchin<br><b>''An exhilarating experience of a novel that will take you on a hallucinatory trip into the soul and the phantasmagorical unknown.'' </b>Bernardine Evaristo<br><b>''Chimeric and delirious.'' </b><i>Scotland on Sunday</i><br><br><b><u>Praise for Irenosen Okojie''s previous books:</u></b><br><b><br>''Dazzling . . . a feast for the senses.''</b> Diana Evans<br><b><br>''One of the finest literary imaginations working today.'' Max Porter</b><br><br><b>''A liberatingly odd, seductive and fearless talent.'' </b>Laline Paull<br><br><b>''Okojie has a sharp eye . . . and a turn of phrase that switches from elegance to brutality in a single line.'' </b>Stella Duffy</p>