Paradise Once

by Olive Senior

PARADISE ONCE TRACES THE AFTERMATH of the massacre by Spanish forces of the fictional Maima village in Cuba in 1513. Some believe the destruction of Maima is the result of angering the cem es--Ta no spiritual entities--when foreign practices, contrary to the sacred laws of the Ta no, began to infiltrate the village.

Four young people who survive the massacre are unwittingly chosen by the cem es to save a Sacred Bundle and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636142273
• ISBN13: 9781636142272
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Length: 352 Pages