{"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.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1566897459\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781566897457\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Lewat, Osvalde, Baudet-Lackner, Maren\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Dec 2025)","offer_id":46080881787077,"sku":"9781566897457","price":17.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781566897457.jpg?v=1776041409","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-aquatics","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}