{"product_id":"shadow-speaker-9780756418762","title":"Shadow Speaker","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The postapocalyptic Saharan landscape is striking; technology, magic, and awe-inspiring nature all weave together in the background of this vivid adventure centered on the coming-of-age theme that is a hallmark of Okorafor’s work. The characters, meanwhile, are \u003cb\u003eexpertly realized­... a mind-blowing expedition into a not too distant future world\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShadow Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ewonderful, highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life and death\u003c\/b\u003e…. Nnedi also deals head-on with the fact that power and pain are closely linked, as are magic and blood. I think this book is \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003emarvelous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.” —Diana Wynne Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eHowl’s Moving Castl\u003c\/i\u003ee and the Chronicles of Chrestomanci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“There’s more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics.” \u003c\/b\u003e—Ursula K. Le Guin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShadow Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eendlessly imaginative, full of mystery and delight on every page\u003c\/b\u003e. Nnedi Okorafor is a voice that will delight readers of all ages and backgrounds.” —Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winning author of Joplin’s Ghost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As\u003cb\u003e wildly inventive and suspenseful\u003c\/b\u003e as her first novel, [\u003ci\u003eShadow Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e] is at the same time more \u003cb\u003eambitious and thematically complex\u003c\/b\u003e, and represents a major step forward for a storyteller who, in the tradition of Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson, is equally adept at combining that most contemporary of forms, science fiction, with the ancient beliefs and values of non-western cultures that have for too long been underrepresented in modern fantastic literature.” —Gary Wolfe, lead reviewer for \u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Crafted around complex themes of identity, morality, and empowerment, this bildungsroman, originally published in 2008, \u003cb\u003ewill appeal to young adult and adult readers alike with its highly original and imaginative Africanfuturism elements\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Astra Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527027171671,"sku":"9780756418762","price":21.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780756418762.jpg?v=1731866280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shadow-speaker-9780756418762","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}