Tentacle
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, colonia…
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- Full title :Tentacle / Rita Indiana ; translated by Achy Obejas.
Summary
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, its a restless, addictive trip: The Tempest meets the telenovela.
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- Publication Date:©2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):And Other Stories
- Place of Publication:Sheffield
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
Notes
Originally published in 2015 as La Mucama de Omicunlé.
The Physical Object
- Description:132 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1911508342, 9781911508342
- oclc:on1156774196
- LC Classification:PQ7409.2.H355
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