{"product_id":"the-healer-hardcover-1","title":"The Healer - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarek Vadas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Sherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePeter Sherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraditional African narrative forms combined with European modernism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories comprising \u003ci\u003eThe Healer\u003c\/i\u003e, Marek Vadas's first collection, which was originally published in 2006, are steeped in the culture, rituals, and traditions of Africa, blurring the boundaries between dream and reality and peopled with characters whose gender, shape, skin color or even memories may change at a stroke. Nevertheless, Vadas refuses to exoticize this world, and many of the stories, told in pared-down language, blend mythical elements with realistic depictions of harsh living conditions, economic deprivation, and colonial oppression. The narratives unfold from the perspective of their protagonists--children (often orphaned), and men struggling to make ends meet and trying in vain to resist the allure of strong women endowed with magic powers. As a Slovak writer focusing on the African continent, Vadas is a rare voice that helps to build bridges between very different cultures, and now his writing is introduced to the global anglophone readership. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarek Vadas\u003c\/b\u003e is an advisor to the king of Nyenjei, a small kingdom in Cameroon, and the author of several books, including the short story collections \u003ci\u003eBlack on Black, A Bad Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSix Foreigners\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJulia Sherwood\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Slovak, Czech, Polish, Russian, and German into English. She is editor-at-large for Slovakia for \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, cocurates the website \u003ci\u003eSlovakLiterature.com\u003c\/i\u003e and is the editor of Seagull Books' Slovak List. \u003cb\u003ePeter Sherwood\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and scholar who served as the László Birinyi, Sr., Distinguished Professor of Hungarian Language and Culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His translations from Hungarian include collections of essays by Béla Hamvas and Antal Szerb, and several novels, such as Ádám Bodor's \u003ci\u003eThe Birds of Verhovina\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241354510585,"sku":"9781803091624","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M0h3VzRDUHNIb2QrRGxENEdqemc2Zz09_a68dc081-26a5-4cb7-8788-6fba99a38360.webp?v=1768580388","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-healer-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}