Foreword Reviews: "An earnest meditation on the dangers of fascism."

March 17, 2021

A harrowing early novel by one of France’s most unusual contemporary writers Haunting and elegiac, Solo Viola has its share of whimsy, but it’s all in service of an earnest meditation on the dangers of fascism that lingers long after the story is concluded.

Starred review at Foreword Reviews.

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