Praise for Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun

“An intense and remarkable polyphonic hymn to the consoling and destructive power of music.“ —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A rare, strange treasure; a story told in daring, luminous prose, populated by characters with poetry in their hearts.” —Natalia Theodoridou, author of Sour Cherry

“Psychedelia, volcanoes, disintegration. Following Ojeda on this journey is, without a doubt, an intense experience.” —Mariana Enríquez, author of A Sunny Place for Shady People

“Mónica Ojeda is a dazzling black sun in the astral chart of contemporary horror.” —Fernanda Melchor, author of Paradais

“With fear and fascination, that's how I read Mónica Ojeda. As if reading a spell, as if biting into flesh, fearing to find something sharp inside. So poetic, so disturbing, and brutal.” —Samanta Schweblin, author of Little Eyes

“The prose—resonant, brusquely declarative—is often reminiscent of classical theater.” —Kirkus Reviews

“[Ojeda] conveys these characters’ anxieties and inner worlds with remarkable sensitivity, with writing that is often virtuosic at the line level.” —Kismet Magazine

Praise for Mónica Ojeda

Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature
Finalist for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
Longlisted for the 2023 PEN Translation Prize

“[Ojeda’s] language, like adolescence itself, is unruly and excessive, full of dramatic shifts and capable of both beauty and horror.” —Anderson Tepper, The New York Times

“Ojeda is a strikingly singular voice.” —Yvonne C. Garrett, The Brooklyn Rail

“Ojeda [draws] comparisons to Shirley Jackson, H.P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allen Poe.” —The A.V. Club

“Mónica Ojeda has at her disposal the most enviable combination I can imagine, and she has it in spades: a lucid mind, an exacting language, and a wild heart.” —Andrés Barba, author of A Luminous Republic