Description
A mother begins the story with a tender, everyday ritual—caring for her daughter’s long hair—set against a community’s fear of lice and the deadly illnesses they can carry. From there, Filter House unfolds as an eclectic tapestry of interconnected tales that blend magical realism, African spirituality, and African American life, where the ordinary and the uncanny share the same breath. When a mysterious illness starts to spread through the characters’ community and conventional medicine can’t make sense of it, the search for answers becomes a test of faith, memory, and collective resilience. With Nisi Shawl’s distinctive, genre-bending storytelling, these stories explore how culture, belief, and survival intertwine when the world’s explanations run out.
Available Editions
paperback
Aqueduct Press
Published Jan 1, 2008
288 pages
ISBN: 9781933500195
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Details
First Published
2008
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Filter House by Nisi Shawl.