{"title":"Fiction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"popisho","title":"Popisho | An(Other) World Book Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBold, iridescent... Dazzling and shocking... Ross's lyrical, rhythmic writing is something to be savored... \u003cher\u003e voice sings out loud and pure. \u003c\/her\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Eowyn Ivey, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn uproarious, sensual novel, Leone Ross's \u003ci\u003ePopisho \u003c\/i\u003econjures a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryone in Popisho was born with a little something-something, boy, a little something \u003c\/i\u003eextra \u003ci\u003e. The local name was cors. Magic, but more than magic. A gift, nah? Yes. From the gods: a thing so inexpressibly your own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomewhere far away--or maybe right nearby--lies an archipelago called Popisho. A place of stunning beauty and incorrigible mischief, destiny and mystery, it is also a place in need of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXavier Redchoose is the macaenus of his generation, anointed by the gods to make each resident one perfect meal when the time is right. Anise, his long-lost love, is on a march toward reckoning with her healing powers. The governor's daughter, Sonteine, still hasn't come into her cors, but her corrupt father is demanding the macaenus make a feast for her wedding. Meanwhile, graffiti messages from an unknown source are asking hard questions. A storm is brewing. Before it comes, before the end of the day, this wildly imaginative narrative will take us across the islands, through their history, and into the lives of unforgettable characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeone Ross's \u003ci\u003ePopisho \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful delight: a playful love story, a portrait of community, a boldly sensual meditation on desire and addiction, and a critique of the legacies of corruption and colonialism. Inspired by the author's Jamaican homeland, inflected with rhythms and textures of an amalgam of languages, it is a dazzling, major work of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeone Ross \u003c\/b\u003eis a fiction writer and academic. She was born in England and grew up in Jamaica. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eAll the Blood Is Red\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the Orange Prize, and her second novel \u003ci\u003eOrange Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen as a BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour Watershed Fiction favorite. Her first short story collection, \u003ci\u003eCome Let Us Sing Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and Jhalak Prize. Ross has taught creative writing in London for 20 years and worked as journalist throughout the 90s. She lives in London, but intends to retire near water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2021: \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, The Millions, Paperback Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan UK, Alma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An impressive act of world building: Enchantingly, \u003cross\u003e weaves together a story of second-chance love, a lush ode to food and community, and a humanistic reminder that societies must examine their biases. The resulting work somehow manages to be breezily deep--a rare combination.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Jane Yong Kim, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/ross\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ca\u003e sumptuous novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Keziah Weir, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mesmerizing . . . a madcap, freewheeling ride through surreal and supernatural territory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Michael Donkor, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou must read \u0026lt; \u003ci\u003ePopisho\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026gt;, easily one of the most gorgeous and lavishly sprawling books of 2021 . . . In recent years, a clutch of incandescently talented writers . . . have reminded us that fantasy is one of the oldest and most imaginative branches of human storytelling. Ross has her own 'cors, ' a gift for creating an unforgettable world, and with this book, she takes her rightful place at that table of writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNilanjana Roy, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A glorious shout of a novel, a sensual, saturated blend of romance, magical realism and erotic comedy . . . For all the exuberance and bigheartedness of \u0026lt; \u003ci\u003ePopisho\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026gt;, it is also a novel of subtle seriousness, asking how we can make peace with profound loss and sadness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Alex Clark, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt; \u003ci\u003ePopisho\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026gt; carves out a place in the canon of memorable works of magical realism alongside \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, but it's also totally itself, a raunchy, sly, colorful exploration of individual and collective identity. A novel that suffuses the senses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWondrous . . . Passing reminders of the works of Gabriel Garcia Márquez and Alice Walker serve to establish Ross firmly in the global storytelling tradition of bold and beautiful narratives . . . A stirring literary experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe language of \u003ci\u003ePopisho \u003c\/i\u003eis a feast itself--richly descriptive, earthy, colorful, and unrestrained . . . An unforgettable work of magical realism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An enthralling and vivid portrait of a people and a place, brimming with love, politics, grief, addiction, sex, varicolored humor and some impossible flora and fauna . . . \u003ci\u003ePopisho \u003c\/i\u003eis a wonder-filled and entertaining reflection on death, freedom, community and recovery.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Shannon Hanks-Mackey, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn(Other) World Book Club in partnership with Masterworks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLong Story Short created reading lists to complement ‘(An)other World’, an exhibit at Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art that ‘positions the island and its artists not as passive subjects but as active contributors of cultural authorship, innovation and historical momentum.’  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe books in the adult reading list have been selected to be in dialogue with the exhibit and, explore themes of (neo)colonialism, identity, migration, and access. 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There he finds himself with no excuse not to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, and hesitantly begins to reconnect with people he used to call friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the next few weeks, while caring for his aging parents and navigating the neighborhood where he grew up, Andrés falls into old habits with friends he thought he'd left behind. Before long, he unexpectedly becomes entangled with his first love and is forced to tend to past wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaptivating and poignant; a modern coming-of-age story about the essential nature of community, \u003ci\u003eThe Town of Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning novel about young love and a close examination of our social systems and the toll they take when they fail us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlejandro Varela (he\/him) is a writer based in New York. 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