{"product_id":"9781803512419","title":"Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Monica Ojeda\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 April 2026 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e216 x 135mm | 0g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ear is the organ of fear. It is a door to that which is not of this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaving behind the dread and decay of the city, Noa and her best friend, Nicole, travel up into the Andes, heading for Solar Noise: an eight-day festival that takes place on the side of a volcano, in the infinite expanse of the páramo. A world of mysticism and underground music, in tune with the thunder of the earth and the bellows of the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoa has been drawn there in search of her father, who, wrestling with the violence of Ecuador, abandoned her as a child. But soon after their arrival at the festival, Noa appears possessed, speaking in a voice that is not her own. Believing Noa to be in danger, Nicole struggles to care for her friend. Until, as the party spills into Inti Raymi - the Incan festival of the sun - the girls' desire for belonging burns, incandescent, collapsing the thin membrane separating life from death, and trauma from transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wild and incantatory, Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun is both an hallucinogenic trip of a novel, and a heartfelt meditation on love, family and kinship - one that announces the arrival of a major writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monica Ojeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57390783856965,"sku":"9781803512419","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781803512419_8468578d-0404-445d-8dbf-c27e9adeecb1.jpg?v=1773514187","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781803512419","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}