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Hurricane Season

by Fernanda Melchor

International Dublin · 2021 · Shortlist
New DirectionsLiterary FictionISBN 9780811229982

Award History

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International Dublin Literary Award2021Shortlist

About This Book

Fernanda Melchor's novel, translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes, unravels the murder of a woman known as the Witch in a Mexican village through the perspectives of those who knew her. Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.

About the Author

Fernanda Melchor (born 1982 in Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican writer renowned for her novels exploring violence, poverty, and superstition in her home state, including the acclaimed Hurricane Season (2017), shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize, and Páradais (2021). She began her career as a journalist, publishing nonfiction like Aquí no es Miami (2013), and has won major awards such as the 2019 Anna Seghers Prize, the 2024 Ryszard Kapuściński Award, and the 2019 International Literature Award.

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