![]() And now she’s dead.Įach chapter of Hurricane Seasonis, in part, a self-contained story. The Witch, in other words, took on the burdens that the people could not – or would not – hold themselves responsible for. While the men would take refuge in her house to enjoy orgies that outside society would not approve of. The women of the village would seek her out for ‘potions’ and ‘spells’, often with regard to illness, pregnancy, or other issues. ![]() These people all reside in the Mexican village of La Matosa, and the woman they simply refer to as The Witch was someone many of them would come to from time to time. Read More: The Best Modern Mexican Novels To find out whodunnit, we have to trace the lives of the various people who, in one way or another, knew The Witch. ![]() Framed initially as a whodunnit of sorts, the book’s first and shortest chapter – at just a single page – takes us by the hand to a dead body. In fact, this is one of Melchor’s great achievements: turning the book into a spiteful character in its own right. Not only are the characters of Hurricane Seasondeceptive and mischievous, but so is the book itself. ![]()
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