![]() ![]() You might get to the end of this novel and think any of the following questions: While the book is haunting for its themes of chemically induced disease and embodied malformation – often impacting children – the real questions for me lie in this tension and ambiguous space between knowing and understanding. Schweblin’s master narrative style actually leaves us with more questions than answers. Or, perhaps we understand, but fail to know. For readers, this novel often feels like we know what is happening, but we fail to understand. So utters David in Samanta Schweblin’s (2014/2017) disturbing, perturbing, and masterful novel Fever Dream (translated into English from the original Spanish novel Distancia de Rescate). ![]()
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