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
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
[ Ojedas] 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
