Hurricane Season - Fernanda Melchor and with each new development

and with each new development the mystery only deepens and broadens

The brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched with luminous English versions rendered by a remarkable cast of translators

for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine

" asks the stranger

The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko

Hurricane Season - Fernanda Melchor and with each new developmentThe Witch is dead. After a group of children playing near the irrigation canals discover her decomposing corpse, the village of La Matosa is rife with rumours about how and why this murder occurred. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, Fernanda Melchor paints a moving portrait of lives governed by poverty and violence, machismo and misogyny, superstition and prejudice. Original Language: Spanish Translator: Sophie Hughes Binding: