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Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa is drawn into a voodoo prophecy. She alone can journey back in time to save the ocean and humanity from disaster, but first must embrace her true identity with the help of a sacred anemone. Tentacle is a vibrant and daring novel that confronts climate change, technology, Yoruba ritual, queer politics, poverty, sex, colonialism, and contemporary art, blending punk energy with lyrical storytelling.
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An electric tale of apocalypse, sex and time travel from one of the Caribbean's most extraordinary cultural figures.

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Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa finds herself at the heart of a voodoo prophecy: only she can travel back in time and save the ocean - and humanity - from disaster. But first she must become the man she always was - with the help of a sacred anemone.

Tentacle is an electric novel with a big appetite and a brave vision, plunging headfirst into questions of climate change, technology, Yoruba ritual, queer politics, poverty, sex, colonialism, and contemporary art. Bursting with punk energy and lyricism, it's a restless, addictive trip: The Tempest meets the telenovela.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781911508342

Publisher: And Other Stories

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: And Other Stories

Contributors:

  • Translated by Achy Obejas

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 192.0mm

Weight: 136g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Rita Indiana is a Dominican music composer, producer and key figure in contemporary Caribbean literature; Tentacle won the Grand Prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers in 2017, the first Spanish-language book to do so. She is the author of three collections of stories and four novels, and is a driving force in experimental Dominican popular music along with her band, Rita Indiana y los Misterios.

Achy Obejas is a writer, journalist and translator. She is the author of five books of fiction and has translated Junot Daz and Wendy Guerra, among many others. She is from Cuba and lives in California.

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