{"product_id":"9781949641509","title":"Elektrik","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eElektrik\u003c\/i\u003e, eight women writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe come together to explore, in poetry and prose, the complex nature of Caribbean existence. A single mother has an intimate encounter with a migrant worker; a teenager discovers her sexuality in the shadow of her twin sister; a poet summons a chorus of sirens, only to warn them: “Keep your voices’ beauty from waylaying sailors.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough glittering translations from French, \u003ci\u003eElektrik \u003c\/i\u003esings the experience of Franco-Caribbean identity today. These writers communicate through the silence of the past to the unknowability of the future—forever in the rare language of literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mireille Jean-Gilles, Gael Octavia","offers":[{"title":"Two Lines Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-06","offer_id":44230088065279,"sku":"9781949641509","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_903b7ef5-c16a-49bc-94e4-c6f536fb8a8d.jpg?v=1693005238","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781949641509","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}