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At Tor.com Feldman tagged "five novels that prove place is everything in horror," including:
Fever Dream by Samanta SchweblinRead about another entry on the list.
I finished this Booker International finalist by Argentine author Samanta Schweblin in a single night. The novel takes the form of ahospital-bed interrogation as the narrator, Amanda, struggles to make sense of how her country-weekend with her child ended in fatal circumstances. Amanda has an intense protective urge, which flares when she and her daughter arrive in a small town where most children aren’t “born right,” workers unload mysterious drums of liquid, and the local healer’s help incurs an enormous cost. Fever Dream’s houses, a familiar and powerful tool for blowing up the domestic psyche, are set in a polluted environment—inspired by true stories of toxic pesticides poisoning Argentine populations.
--Marshal Zeringue