![]() ![]() The opening line “The places we are born come back” not only sets the theme but also provides the structure of the narrative – “Hunt”, “river”, “cottage” being the map. ![]() This is an absorbing story moving through time, different locations, gender and states of mind tied, all together by the past that is inevitable to make sense of the puzzle that is the present. ![]() Sarah now suffers from dementia, but Gretel is still hoping for answers about what has happened and why her mother left her. Johnson tells the story of a young woman, Gretel, who is reunited with her mother, Sarah, after many years of abandonment. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2018. (vf) The first novel “Everything Under” by the British writer Daisy Johnson is a fairy-tale version of the Oedipus myth with a touch of magical realism. ![]()
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