In Pessoa-like poetic language, with slang-ridden sentences that move from interiority towards exuberance similar to those of Fief by David Lopez, Capucine and Simon Johannin have produced a powerful new novel that serves a testament to survival and undying love.

Constructed like a Russian doll, addictive in the way that only the best sagas can be, and told with a profusion of sensual detail, Sarah Chiche’s third novel, Les Enténébrés reads like a cross-investigation of the bleakest hours of the 20th century and her family’s tortured past.