{"product_id":"the-aquatics-paperback","title":"The Aquatics - Paperback","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\u003eOsvalde Lewat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaren Baudet-Lackner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary novel of loyalty, strife, and empowerment from Peabody Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Osvalde Lewat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fictional African country of Zambuena, Katmé 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, Katmé 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 Katmé discovers that Samy's new exhibition, funded by herself and Tashun, boldly critiques Zambuena's inequities, her public, married life is set on a collision course with her one true friendship. Political rivals descend and threaten Samy with incarceration, forcing Katmé into 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOsvalde Lewat is a Cameroonian author. Osvalde is a renowned documentary filmmaker whose work has been awarded the prestigious Peabody Award. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Aquatics\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pan-African Prize for Literature, the French Academy Literature Prize, and the Kourouma Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaren Baudet-Lackner is an American literary translator from the French who is passionate about bringing exceptional works of literature by traditionally underrepresented authors to English-speaking readers. She has published over a dozen titles with major imprints in the United Kingdom and United States and is the recipient of a 2023 PEN Presents Award and a 2024 PEN Translates Award. She also received Albertine Translation grants for her work in 2023 and 2024. Maren holds advanced degrees from Yale and the Sorbonne and lives near Paris with her family.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987964920109,"sku":"9781566897457","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/3FuJbjZvdr9781566897457.webp?v=1776188460","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-aquatics-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}