RaveForeword ReviewsNarrated without the use of quotation marks, the prose takes on a psychedelic cast, blending memories with hallucinations. Evocative language is used to detail the creep of infections in once-healthy bodies and the decay of society in once-thriving cities ... Lush, dreamy descriptions contrast with grim fatalism in Sacrificio, a transcendent novel that catalogs the many ways that humans can hurt each other, and that a society can fall apart.
Corinne Hoex, tr. Caitlin O’Neil
PositiveForeword ReviewsEvocative and erotic, Corinne Hoex’s Gentlemen Callers seduces its audience with dreamy vignettes ... The language is artistic and evocative rather than explicit or crass, and the tone is inquisitive, suitable for the shifting realities the narrator experiences, akin to magical realism ... Without an overarching plot to unite the chapters, the pacing is mostly found within each chapter, in the enigmatic interactions that the narrator has with her dream lovers, the eponymous gentlemen callers ... delights and entertains with its teasing short chapters, hinting at the pleasures to be found in playful encounters with imaginary lovers.
