Martine Desjardins
Maleficium
Fiction – French Language
Martine Desjardins, Town of Mount Royal (Quebec), Maleficium.
(Éditions Alto; distributed by Socadis) (ISBN 978-2-923550-27-5)
This gem of a book is built around a narrative structure that leaves nothing to chance, and is served by wonderfully rich language. The world that Martine Desjardins presents with such admirable skill in Maleficium is inhabited by fear and desire, and its reality has unsuspected depths. With its surprises, exotic voyages and shimmering descriptions, this book is a pure pleasure to read.
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