This One Sky Day is the wonderfully exuberant third novel from Leone Ross, published in the US as Popisho. From the gods: a thing so inexpressibly your own. Shortlisted for the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize, longlisted for the Women's Prize for FictionĮveryone in Popisho was born with a little something-something, boy, a little something extra. Before it comes, before the end of the day, this wildly imaginative narrative will take us across the islands, their history, and into the lives of unforgettable characters. And graffiti messages from an unknown source are asking hard questions. The governor’s daughter, Sonteine, is getting married, her father demanding a feast out of turn. Anise, his long lost love, is on a march toward reckoning with her healing powers. Xavier Redchoose is the macaenus of his generation, anointed by the gods to make each resident one perfect meal when the time is right. A place of stunning beauty and incorrigible mischief, destiny and mystery, it is also a place in need of change. Somewhere far away-or maybe right nearby-lies an archipelago called Popisho. From the gods: a thing that felt so inexpressibly your own. Everyone in Popisho was born with a little something… The local name for it was cors. Dawn breaks across the archipelago of Popisho, a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits.
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