I’m over at Shiny New Books today with my reviews of the first two books in World Editions Read the World A-Z series, which I wrote about here.
Read my reviews HERE.
Argentine author Mariana Travacio’s All that Dies in April was a super novella, telling a story of a couple’s separate journeys from their barren mountain valley home towards a new life, and what they found. The sense of place is wonderful, and the power of one’s ancestors resonates.
Flemish author Kristien Hemmerechts’ novel, The Woman Who Fed the Dogs, written in Dutch, is a rather different kettle of fish. It is seen through the mind of Odette who will shortly be released from prison. Odette is based on the wife of serial murderer, rapist and child abductor Marc Dutroux whose crimes shocked the world in the 1990s. Widely banned when first published, this novel was hard to take. You have been warned.
Two very different reads. Thanks for the updates.