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A review by thebobsphere
Space Invaders by Nona Fernández
This week I read three books in which time as a liner concept has been rejected. The first was Memorial, 29 June, the second is this one and the third will be revealed the next day.
The book focuses on a group of students meeting up and talking about their classmate Estrella, who had disappeared in the 80’s under The Pinochet rule. The book then jumps in time and the group try their best to recollect the events. At the same time the narrative voice shifts just a fluidly as time does in this novella.
Although I am a fan of big fat novels, I think there is an art to writing a heavy, complex political novella which is about the unreliability of memory and Nona Fernández has done this perfectly.
The book focuses on a group of students meeting up and talking about their classmate Estrella, who had disappeared in the 80’s under The Pinochet rule. The book then jumps in time and the group try their best to recollect the events. At the same time the narrative voice shifts just a fluidly as time does in this novella.
Although I am a fan of big fat novels, I think there is an art to writing a heavy, complex political novella which is about the unreliability of memory and Nona Fernández has done this perfectly.