A feral parable on the violence of racism, misandry, and class from a preeminent, new voice of contemporary Mexican literature. Melchor’s style in Paradais is writhing and slippery, capturing not only a portrait of desperation but the ugliness of the toxic thread that runs through the underside of our collective psyche.
Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, (List Price: $19.95, New Directions, 9780811231329, April 2022)
Reviewed by Luis Correa from Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia