Four by Four
Sara Mesa author Katie Whittemore translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Peirene Press Ltd
Publishing:12th Aug '25
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 12th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The children who attend Wybrany College are either wealthy, or somehow special. The cloistered school appears to be a safe haven from the chaos which overwhelms the city outside – but the college has its own agenda, and something wicked lurks just beneath the surface. A majestic piece of Gothic literature, Four by Four is a novel in two parts: the first, a portrait of an eerie, ill-omened institution, with a cryptic set of power structures; in the second, a substitute teacher keeps a diary, unearthing the school’s mysteries even as he tries to hide his own secrets.
‘Sara Mesa’s writing is mysterious and fascinating: her characters brush against the limits in environments of fierce false calm. Un Amor is one of her best novels – tense and beautiful like a crouching bird.’
– Mariana Enríquez
‘When I read Sara Mesa, I’m there in the Wild West, sifting through the sand. There is a restless enjoyment, an inhospitable beauty, in my sieve. And then something miraculous when gold appears before my eyes.’
– Eva Baltasar
‘Sara Mesa sees the world through the lens of power, exploring how questions of strength and weakness shape human behaviour.’
– Annie McDermott, The TLS
- Runner-up for The Premio Herralde 2012
ISBN: 9781916806108
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Weight: unknown