The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael ZapataRead about another entry on the list.
In so many ways, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau is a story about stories. It follows two protagonists and goes through multiple storylines and migrations. Saul tries to carry out his grandfather’s dying wish of delivering a manuscript to the long deceased author’s kin. He has to uncover the steps, interviewing people and chasing down their stories. One line in the novel in particular embodies exile literature: “Incan history breathed, and I breathed too because of it. At some point, he said that maybe in a way were both right, that ‘history casts itself across our existence like a shadow of another world.’” The history of these characters breathes into the present, fleshing out the present, for a beautiful climax of intertwined storylines and homes.
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau is among Diane Zinna's eight books about connections that transcend age.
The Page 69 Test: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau.
--Marshal Zeringue
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