{"product_id":"naniki-9781459751491","title":"Naniki","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER, GUYANA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE •  LONGLISTED, 2025 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION • FINALIST, 2024 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD • CBC BOOKS BEST CANADIAN FICTION OF 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough luminescent light, ancestral paths, and a Caribbean spirit-inflected world, \u003cem\u003eNaniki\u003c\/em\u003e explores the musings and inner workings of the deep blue — the Caribbean Sea — and its shape-shifting sea beings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the sea mirrors the light from the blue skies, and its depths are exposed by daggers of sunlight, so too \u003cem\u003eNaniki\u003c\/em\u003e reveals and honours the Indigenous roots of the Caribbean and its people, whose destiny is tied to the sea, the vessel of collective memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmana and Skelele are made of water and air, their essence intertwined with Taino and African ancestry. They evolved as elemental beings of the Anthropocene, and shape-shifting with their naniki (active spirits) or animal avatars, they begin an archipelagic journey throughout the Caribbean Basin to see the strange future they dreamed of. Until devastation erupts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTasked by their elders to go back in time to the source of the First People’s knowledge, they must surmount historical and mythological challenges alike. How can they navigate and overcome these obstacles to regenerate themselves, their love, their islands, and their seas?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RARE MACHINES BOOK","brand":"Oonya Kempadoo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820386136315,"sku":"9781459751491","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781459751491.jpg?v=1793154164","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/naniki-9781459751491","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}