Readings from Fernanda Melchor and Sophie Hughes

Fernanda Melchor reads from her ferocious novel Paradais, "a labyrinthine monologue on the banal violence of a modern-day teenager" (Virginie Despentes). Then, translator Sophie Hughes reads from her translation of Fernanda's previous novel Hurricane Season – for which she "deserves a medal", according to the New Statesman, her translation "expertly capturing the novel’s lugubrious comedy and propulsive, high-octane scatology". Read an extract of Paradais in the Summer Reader. Both books are published by Fitzcarraldo.