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Paradise Once: A Novel
Hardcover

Paradise Once: A Novel

by Olive Senior

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Hardcover · 352 pages Akashic Books, Ltd. · 2025

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Paradise Once

Paradise Once is a sweeping historical novel that brings to life the resiliency of the indigenous Taíno people of the Caribbean, whose culture was virtually destroyed within two generations of their “discovery” by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

In 1513 in Cuba, an entire village is wiped out by Spanish forces for no discernible reason. Had the villagers offended their spiritual guides—the cemíes—as one faction claimed, by incorporating foreign practices?

Four youthful survivors escape the massacre—three indigenous and one African runaway. They start off on separate perilous paths, not knowing they have been chosen by the cemíes to carry out a sacred mission—to ensure the survival of a Sacred Bundle that will enable a Taíno revival in future generations. But first, an epic spiritual battle must be played out.

In this love song to the Caribbean, Olive Senior authentically evokes the physical and spiritual worlds of its First Peoples and the survivors—indigenous and African—who will become the resistance fighters known in history as Cimarrones or Maroons.



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Publisher
Akashic Books, Ltd.
Author
Olive Senior
Format
Hardcover
Published
Jun 3, 2025
ISBN-13
9781636142272
ISBN-10
1636142273
Pages
352
Carton quantity
16 copies
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