“Two women, twenty three years on from a war-zone – but how will they remember their actions to absolve guilt and heal from war trauma. How will they rebuild their friendship that shattered in the battle? Can they trust their memory?”
A truly powerful and refreshing novel of two women, a village in North Caucasus then its eventual war zone.
Australian boarding school friends reunite in a remote village in the Dagestan region, one a humanitarian doctor, the other a journalist chasing a story as unrest in the region looms.
The Revisionists puts the spotlight on foreign correspondence, the difficulty to reintegrate into society when you are vastly different from the one you left behind in the war zone. You can flee to safety when others cannot.
It is rare to read novels with themes of foreign war, cross-culture clashes and reconcile that with these villages that live with devastation, threat and instability whilst you can return to safety. This is the strength of this tale as Christine and Frankie find a way to rebuild scarred lives. A literary gem.
Sue Reid
Read By Reid NZ
Harper Collins Australia
ISBN 9781460762721