{"product_id":"electric-shamans-at-the-festival-of-the-sun-9781566897556","title":"Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award finalist Mónica Ojeda returns with a blazing, psychedelic novel about girlhood, violence, and the loss of innocence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the near future, best friends Noa and Nicole flee their home in Guayaquil, Ecuador to attend the Solar Noise Festival, a week-long, retro-futuristic gathering at the foot of an active volcano. While Noa fully embraces the haze of narcotics and hedonism in an effort to obscure her true reason for attending, Nicole senses something darker at play behind the festival's so-called \"celebration of life.\" Amid technoshamanic poetry, collective hallucinations, and ritualistic dances, each girl navigates her own path in an effort to escape her past and reclaim her right to a future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVivid, terrifying, and celebratory, \u003ci\u003eElectric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e blends the primal with the supernatural, solidifying Mónica Ojeda as one of the most singular and exciting voices in Latin American and world literature today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mónica Ojeda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566897556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMónica Ojeda\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLa desfiguración Silva\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNefando\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMandíbula\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English as \u003ci\u003eJawbone\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eEl ciclo de las piedras\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistoria de la leche\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories have been published in the anthology \u003ci\u003eEmergencias: Doce cuentos iberoamericanos\u003c\/i\u003e and the collections \u003ci\u003eCaninos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLas voladoras\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017, she was included on the Bógota39 list of the best thirty-nine Latin American writers under forty, and in 2019, she received the Prince Claus Next Generation Award in honor of her outstanding literary achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Booker\u003c\/b\u003e is an educator and literary translator. Her translations include Mónica Ojeda's \u003ci\u003eNefando\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJawbone\u003c\/i\u003e, Gabriela Ponce's \u003ci\u003eBlood Red\u003c\/i\u003e, and Cristina Rivera Garza's \u003ci\u003eDeath Takes Me\u003c\/i\u003e (co-translated with Robin Myers), \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Iliac Crest\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a PhD in Hispanic Literature from UNC-Chapel Hill and is currently based in Morganton, North Carolina where she teaches at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. She is an associate editor with \u003ci\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"M\u0026#195;\u0026#179;nica Ojeda \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311272177821,"sku":"9781566897556","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f02a71a2-c4ea-47c3-80ed-78d79e5ab4cc.jpg?v=1779260169","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/electric-shamans-at-the-festival-of-the-sun-9781566897556","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}