{"product_id":"womb-cityisbn-9781645661017","title":"Womb City","description":"★ “The body horror and sci-fi elements work together beautifully, melding into a thrilling and thought-provoking page-turner. Tsamaase is a writer to watch.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ “Captivating and valiant. . . . With both chilling precision and anguished passion, \u003ci\u003eWomb City\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a toxic future of cyber-reincarnation and authoritarian omniscience.” \u003cb\u003e—Foreword Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e, starred review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This Afrofuturist novel’s twisty plot has a lot to say about inequality — and complicity.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWomb City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e pulsates with this gender-expansive feminist rage, propelling a narrative at breakneck speed—sometimes literally, for the characters—that leaves no one exempt from misogyny’s horrifying control.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This Africanfuturist horror novel brings cyberpunk vibes, dystopian vibes, and ghost stories together for a great and unique read.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomb City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an Afrofuturist, cyberpunk, feminist, horror thrill ride and if that isn't enough... I can't help you.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBook Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Enjoyably terrifying.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWomb City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an introspective Africanfuturist horror for readers who love stories that take a swing at reductive views on gender and crime without hiding the awfulness those issues bring up.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLightspeed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A piercing critique of patriarchal power . . .\u003ci\u003eWomb City\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping read for anyone interested in bringing down systems of oppression.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAncillary Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fierce, furious, and fearless debut that has its finger on the pulse—no, the gushing wound—of our world's most invasive cruelties.” \u003cb\u003e—Daniel Kraus\u003c\/b\u003e, New York Times bestselling co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Water \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This beautifully written work haunts and upends expectations with its resurrected ghosts and gods and ancestors of Motswana cosmology. What an accomplished debut!” \u003cb\u003e—T. L. Huchu\u003c\/b\u003e, Caine Prize finalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Library of the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“This propulsive and brilliant page-turner is a searing indictment of the world in which we live, and I’m so glad it exists. Move aside Philip K. Dick and George Orwell—Tsamaase is the new visionary of our time.” \u003cb\u003e—Marisa Crane\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eI Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWomb City \u003c\/i\u003ehas it all: cyberpunk, Africanfuturism, and a determined, fierce protagonist. Unapologetically feminist in the best of ways, this book pushes the heroine to her limits and explores just how far she’ll go to bring down the entire corrupt system.” \u003cb\u003e—N. E. Davenport\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blood Trials\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Raw and unflinching, lyrical and bombastic, Tsamaase has written a masterful techno-thriller that eviscerates the genre while surpassing it.”  \u003cb\u003e—Cadwell Turnbull\u003c\/b\u003e, award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e No Gods, No Monsters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A furious and vital read that finds in the human body a map of good, evil, and everything in between.” —\u003cb\u003eIndra Das\u003c\/b\u003e award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devourers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTlotlo Tsamaase\u003c\/b\u003e (xe\/xem\/xer or she\/her\/hers) is a Motswana writer. Xer novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Wilting Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, is a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and was the first Motswana nominee for the Rhysling Award. 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