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Dazzling Fernanda Melchor

A brilliant debut Vogue

Bright and brimming with sisterhood Overwhelmingly beautiful El Cultural

A mother and her child embark on a canoe trip down the mighty Atrato River deep in the thick Colombian jungle They eat ripe mango and fresh fish bathe in rainwater meet curious passersby But uncertainties abound As the small boat proceeds along the water the mothers anxiety grows and over time she reveals the truth about how the little one really came into her life one hot morning

A slim visceral novel This Wound Full of Fish offers a journey not only through the murky waters of the river but through a lush and brutal human life