December Translations Book Club - Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Join us for the Final Literature in Translation Book Club gathering on 10 December at 6pm at The Book Cow, where our chosen title is Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translation by Sophie Hughes.

Inspired by a real event of the murder of a woman in rural Mexico which has been adapted as a Netflix movie, Hurricane Season takes place in a world filled with superstitions and violence—violence that poisons everything around.

The Witch is dead. After a group of children playing in the murky waters of the irrigation canals discover her decomposing corpse, the village is rife with rumours and suspicions about the murder of this feared and respected woman, who had carried out the community’s ritual shamanic customs. In dazzling, visceral language, Melchor extracts humanity from otherwise irredeemably brutal characters, and spins a terrifying and heartrending tale of dark suspense in a Mexican village that seems damned.

Buy the book here on our website or in store. Come and join the conversation! Spaces will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. New members are most welcome.