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Scorched
by Wajdi Mouawad, trans.
Linda Gaboriau
Continuing his quest for sense and beauty, Wajdi
Mouawad has plunged into the turbulent depths
of writing to discover, washed up midst the sand
dunes, fiery tales lost in the mists of time.
Making their way through the dunes are Nawal's
twin children, Janine and Simon, who want to
solve the mystery of their origins. In retracing
the bitter history of their mother (enveloped
in silence until her death), other characters
come into the story—witnesses or key players
able to assist in the investigation. Carried
aloft by poetic language, the inquiry pursued
by Janine and Simon unfolds in a dreamlike atmosphere
that cultivates the mystery surrounding a knife
thrust into the heart of childhood.
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