{"product_id":"the-aquatics","title":"The Aquatics","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary novel of loyalty, strife, and empowerment from Peabody Award-winning Cameroonian filmmaker Osvalde Lewat.\u003c\/b\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.","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947243372775,"sku":"9781566897457","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_3787ca2c-e137-4fac-b25e-a98cb9066456.jpg?v=1775484754","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-aquatics","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}