{"product_id":"the-aquatics-osvalde-lewat-9781566897457","title":"The Aquatics","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary novel of loyalty, strife, and empowerment from Peabody Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Osvalde Lewat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fictional African country of Zambuena, Katm? Abbia enjoys a life of privilege and influence married to Tashun, the powerful prefect of Zambuena's capital. Yet after years spent playing the obedient, demure wife to a husband who has ceased to notice her, Katm? grows increasingly restless. Her one source of connection is Samy, a childhood friend, struggling artist, and gay man--an offense punishable by law in Zambuena. When Katm? discovers that Samy's new exhibition, funded by herself and Tashun, boldly critiques Zambuena's social and economic inequities, her public, married life is set on a collision course with her one true friendship. As social pressures and political rivals sow life-threatening consequences, Katm? faces an agonizing choice: abandon her friend or destroy her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixing compassion with clear-eyed fury and a keen sense of the absurd, \u003ci\u003eThe Aquatics\u003c\/i\u003e confronts one of contemporary Africa's most entrenched societal issues in a story as immersive and inevitable as a quickly rising tide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Osvalde Lewat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566897459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566897457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Osvalde Lewat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881092043007,"sku":"9781566897457","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_583d76fa-0eb5-4b01-89ff-491c47ef8960.jpg?v=1747970647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aquatics-osvalde-lewat-9781566897457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}