paperback, 160 pages
Published Jan. 15, 2019 by And Other Stories.
Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa finds herself at the heart of a Santería prophecy: only she can travel back in time and save the ocean – and humanity – from disaster. But first she must become the man she always was – with the help of a sacred anemone. Tentacle is an electric novel with a big appetite and a brave vision, plunging headfirst into questions of climate change, technology, Yoruba ritual, queer politics, poverty, sex, colonialism and contemporary art. Bursting with punk energy and lyricism, it’s a restless, addictive trip: The Tempest meets the telenovela.
This book was weird in all the right ways :)
Some shamanistic time-traveling weirdness to maybe save a future environmental disaster.
I found it a bit difficult to keep the timelines straight sometimes, but that's to be expected.
I love these stories that change reality, as it shakes up how I see our current reality.
Confusing. Very confusing. But a fun and easy read. One of those books I'll remember visuals/scenes from but not the whole story, because the whole story just didn't come through clearly enough for me.
