The Entire World in a Single Sentence: Unpacking Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season

Sentence length can be used to pull the reader into the text, and a long sentence can force them to stay there. Fernanda Melchor’s Hurrican Season presents the reader with a seemingly impenetrable block of text that keeps their eyes locked the page, even whenthey might want to turn away.

• Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

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