Malvina by Cecil Bødker
translated from Danish by Michael Goldman
Published by Spuyten Duyvil Press
ISBN 978-1-947980-80-8
170 pages
The final book of The Water Farm Trilogy. The continuing story of Tacit, Malvina, and other Water Farm characters. Novel.
Cecil Bødker paints a brilliant portrait of Malvina’s journey from abused and speechless child-woman, nurtured by the love and care of inhabitants of The Water Farm, to the lion-hearted champion of other abused and speechless girls and women. And the rigid village power structure within which the abuse is systemic, mirrors uncannily our own contemporary political social system. These stories of a woman who learns to stand and demand her own and the rights of others against their oppressors are not only inspiring, they are deeply relevant.
– Patricia Lee Lewis, author of A Kind of Yellow and High Lonesome
I found this final book of The Water Farm Trilogy surprising and delightful. A timeless tale of those who have and those who do not. I was cheering for Malvina, a woman who comes back from a harrowing exile to set things straight.
– Jacqueline Sheehan, New York Times Bestselling author, The Tiger in the House
