The English-language debut of one of Mexico's most thrilling and accomplished young writers.
Winner of the International Literature Award 2019.
Inspired by a real event, Hurricane Season is a moving portrait of lives governed by poverty and brutality, machismo and misogyny, superstition and prejudice.
After children playing near a canal discover a decomposing body, the village of La Matosa is rife with rumours about the murder of a revered woman who had carried out the community's shamanistic customs.
In dazzling, visceral language, Fernanda Melchor extracts humanity from brutal characters and spins a heart-rending tale of dark suspense. This criminal investigation, a formidable portrait of the violence suffered by a woman, is also a timeless tale of love and hatred.