{"product_id":"captive-new-short-fiction-from-africa","title":"Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCaptive: New Short Fiction from Africa\u003c\/h1\u003eJosephine Sokan,Khumbo Mhone,N A Dawn,Emily Pensulo,Zanta Nkumane,Salma Abdulatif Yusuf,Doreen Anyango,Kabubu Mutua,Aba Amissah Asibon,Moso Sematlane,Sola Njoku,Sola Njoku,N A Dawn,Zanta Nkumane,Aba Amissah Asibon,Moso Sematlane,Josephine Sokan,Khumbo Mhone,Emily Pensulo,Salma Abdulatif Yusuf,Doreen Anyango,Kabubu Mutua\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Catalyst Press\u003cbr\u003eMay 7 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781946395948\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1946395943\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrittle Paper\u003c\/em\u003e's \"Anticipated African Books of 2024\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Short Story Day Africa, eleven writers from Africa and the African diaspora explore the identities that connect us, the obsessions that bewitch us, and the self-delusions that drive us apart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassion and apathy, creation and destruction, honesty and deception-the blurred lines between these powerful forces are fundamental to the human condition. In three parts, the writers of \u003cem\u003eCaptive\u003c\/em\u003e investigate these liminal spaces and rail against the boxes in which others seek to confine them, as writers, as Africans, and as humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourney from the fantastical Heaven's Mouth where time stands still, to a London bus where a neurodiverse woman steals love to the songs of Tom Jones . . . flip the page to Ghana to examine a fertility fetish, or a post-apocalyptic Lesotho where sentient AI uses our emotions against us . . . visit the deceptively beautiful islands off the Tanzanian coast, where the ocean is always hungry, and women pay the price. \u003cem\u003eCaptive\u003c\/em\u003e is a riot of imagination, a collision of worlds, and a testament to the shape-shifting nature of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392968294445,"sku":"WHS-2cbece12b70f46799944cba194619b03","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_c0912c06-e065-4ddc-ac1f-8f2088cd16fc.jpg?v=1787369986","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/captive-new-short-fiction-from-africa","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}