<div>One dark night in Cape Town, Ros&#233;lie's husband goes out for a pack of cigarettes and never comes back. Not only is she left with unanswered questions about his violent death but she is also left without any means of support. At the urging of her housekeeper and best friend, the new widow decides to take advantage of the strange gifts she has always possessed and embarks on a career as a clairvoyant. As Ros&#233;lie builds a new life for herself and seeks the truth about her husband's murder, acclaimed Caribbean author Maryse Cond&#233; crafts a deft exploration of post-apartheid South Africa and a smart, gripping thriller. The Story of the Cannibal Woman is both contemporary and international, following the lives of an interracial, intercultural couple in New York City, Tokyo, and Capetown. Maryse Cond&#233; is known for vibrantly lyrical language and fearless, inventive storytelling -- she uses both to stunning effect in this magnificently original novel.</div>

The Story of the Cannibal Woman

<div>Thirty years of interviews that offer &ldquo;a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world&rsquo;s best practitioners of poetry and prose&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews, showcasing writers, performers, actors, musicians, painters, and architects. The founders, a group of New York City&ndash;based artists, wanted a public space for art-makers to talk to each other about their work without the interference of critics or journalists. Thirty years later comes this anthology: an addictively insightful collection of thirty-five interviews with some of the world&rsquo;s most thought-provoking, funny, profound, compelling authors. It includes literary luminaries such as Mary Gaitskill, Junot D&iacute;az, Sharon Olds, Amy Hempel, Martin Amis, Jeffrey Eugenides, Sapphire, Edwidge Danticat, and Jennifer Egan, among many others, as well as an introduction by Francine Prose. These authors speak frankly about the joys and the pain that inform their work, the influence of family, ambition, criticism, and the sinking, thrilling knowledge of their own mortality. This is Bomb Magazine&rsquo;s gift to readers: a glimpse into the minds that created the books which informed you, challenged you, yanked on your heartstrings and touched your soul. &ldquo;Bomb: The Author Interviews brings together a selection of conversations in a handsome anthology. The book, which offers 35 of the magazine&rsquo;s interviews, is both a primer on authorial strategies and a record of the evolution of an iconic literary institution.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post &ldquo;BOMB&rsquo;s author interview series, which has been going for years, is one of the most inspiring dialogues between writers available.&rdquo; &mdash;Bustle &ldquo;These are not your run of the mill author interviews featuring a journalist throwing canned questions at a writer, these are conversations between writers and delve into the essence of creativity . . . Essential reading for any admirer of contemporary literature.&rdquo; &mdash;Seattle Post-Intelligencer </div>

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