Habila
A Novel
Ürünler eklenemedi
Üzgünüz, sepetiniz kapasiteye ulaştığı için bu ürünü ekleyemedik.
Sepete ekleme başarısız oldu.
Lütfen daha sonra tekrar deneyin
İstek Listesine ekleme başarısız oldu.
Lütfen daha sonra tekrar deneyin
İstek listesinden kaldırma başarısız oldu.
Lütfen daha sonra tekrar deneyin
Kütüphaneye ekleme başarısız oldu
Lütfen tekrar deneyin
Podcast takip edilemedi
Podcast takibi bırakma başarısız oldu.
İlk 30 gün ücretsiz dinle
Çok satanlar ve yeni çıkanlar dahil eşsiz koleksiyonumuzdan ayda 1 sesli kitap seçin.
15.000'den fazla sesli kitap ve podcast içeren, dilediğiniz kadar dinleyebileceğiniz kataloğumuza sınırsız erişim
Özel indirimlere ve fırsatlara eriş.
İlk 30 gün ücretsizdir. Sonrasında aylık 8,99£ karşılığında devam eder.
Habila
Seslendiren:
Wayétu Moore
16,61£ karşılığında ön sipariş ver
-
Seslendiren:
-
Wayétu Moore
-
Yazan:
-
Wayétu Moore
In this ambitious new novel, the bestselling and prize-winning writer Wayétu Moore delivers us into the lives of a young girl, Melanctha, and her family amid the loss of their patriarch, Tokpa. They relocate from Liberia to the backwater town of Hunt, Texas, a land that proves hostile to them—until one day, a school bully pushes Melanctha into a lake, and she finds that she can breathe underwater. Melanctha discovers that her newfound ability comes from Habila, a gorgeous, beguiling half woman, half sea deity who bestows on her a gift: a comb that, if touched, can lure people into the water and make them disappear for good.
But Melanctha’s power has not come without a price. Habila has languished alone for millennia, blaming men for her loneliness. She harbors a hatred so potent that she has committed her existence to ridding the world of them. As Melanctha’s ties to Habila deepen, a family mystery unravels, and Melanctha learns that the siren may have secrets, too.
Inspired by the African legend of Mami Wata, Habila is a kaleidoscopic tale tracing a family and a woman through the years as they navigate supernatural forces and long-buried truths. In lush, lyrical prose, Moore crafts an elegant story that probes the corners of womanhood and motherhood, immigrant identity, and the legacies wrought by men who take but never give back.
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
Eleştirmen yorumları
“A spellbinding epic about a fractured family haunted by a vengeful spirit, Habila weaves mythology into a modern-day story about sacrifice, grief, and the costs of striving toward the American dream. A ferocious novel.” —Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half
“Habila is gorgeous—suffused with magic and verve. Moore deftly renders character and deploys mythology.” —Raven Leilani, New York Times bestselling author of Luster
“Once again, Wayétu Moore has penned the sleeper hit of the season—riveting and magic, deep and hilarious, and—above all—page-turning. I predict another bestseller from a young writer who's wowed us for years. Brava!” —Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club
“Habila is a spell of a novel from an America that has long forgotten that it too began as an immigrant to the land it calls home. Already a star, Wayétu Moore is now a literary planet.” —Dagoberto Gilb, author of The Magic of Blood
“Like the water goddess whose promise is also a threat, Wayetu Moore’s America lures and discards the members of a single immigrant family as they wrestle the future they want from the grips of the future that is fated. Habila is an intriguing tapestry of mythology, magical realism, present day corporate backstabbing, and family secrets.” —Ru Freeman, author of Sleeping Alone
“Moore is a master at weaving the magical into the ordinary until the seam disappears, conjuring a world that feels both fantastical and unnervingly familiar. . . . Habila is not a book to rush. It lingers in the mind during the reading and long after.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Moore unfurls a majestic novel of a young woman’s complex bond with a potent water spirit inspired by Mami Wata, a figure in Liberian mythology. . . . It’s a knockout.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Habila is gorgeous—suffused with magic and verve. Moore deftly renders character and deploys mythology.” —Raven Leilani, New York Times bestselling author of Luster
“Once again, Wayétu Moore has penned the sleeper hit of the season—riveting and magic, deep and hilarious, and—above all—page-turning. I predict another bestseller from a young writer who's wowed us for years. Brava!” —Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club
“Habila is a spell of a novel from an America that has long forgotten that it too began as an immigrant to the land it calls home. Already a star, Wayétu Moore is now a literary planet.” —Dagoberto Gilb, author of The Magic of Blood
“Like the water goddess whose promise is also a threat, Wayetu Moore’s America lures and discards the members of a single immigrant family as they wrestle the future they want from the grips of the future that is fated. Habila is an intriguing tapestry of mythology, magical realism, present day corporate backstabbing, and family secrets.” —Ru Freeman, author of Sleeping Alone
“Moore is a master at weaving the magical into the ordinary until the seam disappears, conjuring a world that feels both fantastical and unnervingly familiar. . . . Habila is not a book to rush. It lingers in the mind during the reading and long after.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Moore unfurls a majestic novel of a young woman’s complex bond with a potent water spirit inspired by Mami Wata, a figure in Liberian mythology. . . . It’s a knockout.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Henüz yorum yok