Author: Petit, Pascale Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 15 September 2024 by Salt Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Salt Modern Fiction' series.Paperback | 304 pages, No196 x 130 x 26 | 266g The debut novel from the Ondaatje Prize and Laurel Prize-winning author When artist Dominique receives a letter from her dying father, a reckoning with repressed memories and a pull for romantic and familial love sends shock waves through her life, as she journeys to Paris to face the places and events of her early years. Balanced with visits to the Venezuelan Amazon, where Dominique explores a spiritual and loving longing (meeting a young guide, Juan), a raw and tender unfolding of this love story is a parallel to the uncovering of the shocking truth of Dominique’s birth, and her parents’ relationship. Pascale Petit’s My Hummingbird Father is a beautifully lyrical debut novel in dialogue with Pascale’s Ondaatje and Laurel Prize-winning poetry collection, Mama Amazonica.
