Why not, beloveds? Nínive review

A year after its publication in Mexico, La Jornada Seminal reports that Nínive (the beautiful Spanish-language edition of Nineveh from Editorial Almadía) is “a novel that deserves the fervent praise of JM Coetzee”:

Rose-Innes is a teacher in the art of constructing not only credible but endearing characters, who we long to meet again after a break in reading …

No matter how noxious they may be to the rest of the world, Katya is sure that, like herself, the beasts are not there by chance, that there must be a proper place for them, where they can be useful, even appreciated; and why not, beloveds?

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