Erbjudande | Ibis

WINNER OF THE HURSTON/WRIGHT FOUNDATIONS ZORA AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION; WINNER OF THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING (FICTION); WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION; WINNER OF THE PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARD; WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE (FICTION); GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR (FIRST NOVEL); SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZENew Felicitys bad luck goes back centuries. Shaped by slavery, rebellion, and repression, the small coastal village in Trinidad is now facing a crackdown by the government, just as its people have taken in Milagros, an 11-year-old refugee from Venezuela. Meanwhile, scarlet ibis birds have mysteriously started appearing in town, and New Felicitys superstitious fisherman fear the worst, certain theyve brought on bad luck by killing a local witch. Skittish that a reporters story will bring down the wrath of the Ministry of National Security, the fishermen take things into their own hands.Justin Hayness widely acclaimed Ibis moves backward and forward in time, from the towns early days as a sugar plantation to Milagross adulthood as she searches for her mother across the Americas. A novel of mothers and daughters, origins and becomings, Ibis is a moving exploration of the migrant crisis and the contemporary Caribbean.