![]() ![]() ![]() However, the writing style troubled me significantly. Each chapter is a long paragraph, an endless scream for a world that seems stale, trapped in its own faults, unwilling to change.įernanda Melchor surely produces a powerful reading experience. Each figure, each superstition becomes a blatant justification for all the hatred, the injustice, the discrimination, the mistrust, the poverty, the suffocation. Devil is dancing, rituals are rumoured to take place, the spirits of the dead roam the land, La Llorona and La Nina de Blanco terrify the people. Either a Witch or an Angel, she is there to bless and curse and cure while the women and the men of the village keep on hurting one another, while prostitution, violence and murder thrive. In a community where womanhood and equality are violated on a daily basis, the Witch becomes a mirror for actions that define the very character of the residents. ‘’They called her the Witch, the same as her mother the Young Witch when she first started trading in curses and cures, and the, when she wound up alone, the year of the landslide, simply the Witch.’’ ![]() Writer: Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)ĭate of Publication: February 19th 2020 (first published May 12th 2017) Title: Hurricane Season (original title: Tempradas De Huracanes) ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |