by Víctor del Árbol · Actes Sud Editions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330072667
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«La veille de presque tout» is the crime novel by Víctor del Árbol, published by Actes Sud Editions in paperback (320 pages, in French).
Inspector Ibarra, back in his native Galicia, is called to the hospital in La Coruña: an injured woman only wants to speak with him. Her account interweaves a girl who dreams she is a seabird, a fearful young man, an old Argentine hatter, and a Falklands veteran. Memory, guilt, and the need to keep living run through the choral narrative.
Originally published in Spanish as «La víspera de casi todo», it won the Premio Nadal 2016. The French edition, from 2017, belongs to the Actes Noirs collection and has a translation by Claude Bleton.
For readers of crime fiction and literary fiction seeking choral stories with emotional weight and an Atlantic setting.
