Voracious

Voracious follows a year in the life of a young woman caring
for her dying grandmother in the company
of her grandfather, her friend, and animals. The novel is set in a small
village which echoes with noises from
the nearby abattoir and which is threatened by a landslide. The grandfather is renovating a room for his
wife while the women care for one another, for the plants, and for the animals. Malgorzata Lebda guides us through the countryside, the changing seasons, wildlife, illness, death, and
love. Everything is at once fragile and full of life, animate and inanimate. Full of profound emotional
truths, this book signals the arrival of a new
international talent.