![]() ![]() The Witch was a feared and respected woman who everyone turned to for help with their various problems. One day, a group of children from the small town of La Matosa discover a decomposing corpse in a canal belonging to the Witch of the town. The novel was awarded the 2019 International Literature Award, shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize and the 2021 International Dublin Literary Award, and longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature. ![]() ![]() It has been translated into German by Angelica Ammar, and into English by Sophie Hughes. The novel was a critical and commercial success, solidifying Melchor as one of the most acclaimed Latin American writers of her generation. It focuses on the events surrounding the murder of the Witch of La Matosa, an impoverished fictional town in Mexico through which Melchor explores violence and machismo in Mexican society. It is a nonlinear narrative and a third-person narrative. Hurricane Season ( Spanish: Temporada de huracanes) is the second novel by Mexican writer Fernanda Melchor, published in April 2017 by Literatura Random House. ![]()
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