In an unnamed town lives Nena. Water burns her skin, to the extent that she can neither drink it nor bathe in it. She speaks several languages and still grieves about the books that were her childhood companions—that her heartless brother had thrown into the river. And she exults in telling stories about her late husband’s affairs—with a laughter that precludes sympathy. Then, in her seventies, she embarks on a journey to track down all her husband’s lovers. The narrator, a boy of seventeen, whom she calls Tata accompanies her on this mission. By journey’s end, Read More..