![]() Much of the news had to do with violence and crime in the area - crimes of passion committed by normal people. "The titular hurricanes not only hint at the prevailing conditions in the town, but, thanks to the power of the author's language, even seem to descend upon us."ĭeutsche Welle: What inspired your story?įernanda Melchor: When I was living in Veracruz, I worked for a social communications office of my university, and we got all the local and regional papers from Veracruz. The novel investigates the disappearance of a woman known as The Witch: "In thrilling, furious sentences, Fernanda Melchor tells the story of a femicide in rural Mexico," the jury said. The German version of 'Hurricane Season' Image: Wagenbach Verlag Translated into German by Angelica Ammar as Saison der Wirbelstürme, it won on June 18 the International Literature Award of the Haus der Kulturen, a prize of €35,000 ($39,000) shared by the author and the translator. Fernanda Melchor's Temporada de huracanes ( Hurricane Season the English translation is to be released later this year) was featured as one of Mexico's best novels in 2017 the writer was also listed as one of the country's top authors under 40. ![]()
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