{"product_id":"9780872866133","title":"Nochita","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eNochita \u003c\/i\u003eshimmers with humor and delight, she burns with stark raving intelligence.\"—\u003cb\u003eMary Gaitskill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eNochita\u003c\/i\u003e, Dia Felix builds an extraordinarily rich and inventive language to carry the kaleidoscopic point of view of her young protagonist. What a pleasure to open a book and find such exuberant and committed artistry. A stunning debut.\"—\u003cb\u003eJanet Fitch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaughter to a divorced new age guru, Nochita wanders through the cracks of California's counter-culture, half feral child, half absurdist prophet. When tragedy strikes she is sent to live with her father, a working-class cowboy with a fragile grasp on sobriety and a dangerously mean fiancée. Stuck with adults chillingly unable to care for her, Nochita takes to the streets, a runaway with nothing to run from, driven forward by desperation, hope, and an irrepressible wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNochita\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic novel dazzling in its detail, stylistically daring, by turns hallucinatory, darkly funny, and brutally real. At its heart is the singular voice of Nochita, tender and fierce, alone and alive and utterly unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDia Felix\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and filmmaker and an award-winning digital media producer for museums (SF Exploratorium, Museum of Arts and Design). She currently teaches and mentors teens in experimental documentary filmmaking. She is the founder and editor of Personality Press. Born and raised in California, she currently lives in New York. \u003ci\u003eNochita\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101700702448,"sku":"9780872866133","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872866133_p0.jpg?v=1763829628","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872866133","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}