Review: Hot Milk

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sofia is not the most likable of characters, but then again there aren't many likable ones to be found. She's a young woman lost in herself and the world around her, looking after a mysteriously ill mother and battling sexuality and identity crises.

There's a lot going on here, while at the same time there's a not a lot going on - almost like a bonfire of the inanities - but Levy's use of interconnected images is intriguing. Jellyfish (named Medusas) abound, escape and fear of escape is threaded through the novel, familial relationships (the gamut is run here - sibling, maternal, paternal) are dissected against a backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea and European austerity.

Intriguing.

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