Hot Milk
Ratings20
Average rating3.2
I always love a weird surreal book, and this one definitely fulfilled that for me! Unique in that nothing truly outside the realm of possibility happens, but it still feels unreal and dream-like (or nightmarish?) A little slow paced for me but ultimately super satisfying.
Full of metaphors and anthropological observations, Hot Milk is a hypnotic rite of passage for 25 year old Sofia, who spends a summer in the south of Spain, to help her mother deal with her mysterious leg condition. It's a tale of seduction and emancipation, of the illusions one chooses to believe, the memories one chooses to ignore, the realities one chooses to escape.
I am quite sure this book is made to be consumed as audiobook, and I have immensely enjoyed the pleasure of having Romola Garai whisper sultry prose into my ears. Especially her slow accented intonations when speaking for Ingrid almost gave me chills. One of those four stars is definitely for the audio experience.
Hot Milk is a novel written by Deborah Levy and was short listed for Man Booker prize 2016. On the surface it appears as a sweet, short and simple tale about the love-hate relationship shared by a mother and her daughter. But I feel the simplicity of the plot is a clever facade, below which can be identified a complex study of human identity and self esteem.
Read the full story here :
http://diaryofaragingbull.blogspot.com/2017/01/hot-milk-by-deborah-levy-deceptively.html