Adriana Riva’s Salt, translated by Denise Kripper – Chicago Review of Books

Adriana Riva’s Salt, translated by Denise Kripper – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Adriana Riva’s latest novel concerns itself with the mother/daughter question: do we know them? Do they see us? Translated by Denise Kripper and published by Veliz Books, Salt depicts a pregnant Ema as she tries to close the ever-growing gap between herself and her mother. Despite residing in the same home, the two women … Read more

A Conversation with Adriana Chartrand on “An Ordinary Violence” – Chicago Review of Books

A Conversation with Adriana Chartrand on “An Ordinary Violence” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] When she moved to Toronto—not far from the windy, desolate plains where she grew up—Dawn thought she had escaped the traumas of her past. And yet, when her life doesn’t go as she hoped it would in the big city, she finds herself driving back to the small town of her childhood—where her mother … Read more