ARGONAUT BOOKS

Natalia Theodoridou's novel Sour Cherry delivers its story - the gentle truth or reminder about what it means to be alive, what it means to feel - with razor-sharp prose and diction so precise it is impossible to misunderstand. Reading Sour Cherry did not remind me of great writers. No. It was like I discovered a new one. 'Masterwork' is used so often when discussing a book, and so I'm not going to say it's a masterwork: Sour Cherry is diamond work, a treasure chest filled with objects from another world but made familiar to any reader. Only a standout, talented writer can pull this off. Sour ...Read More