"Segura writes with a poetic economy of language, using very few words to create meaningful images ... Winkler's masterful translation is so seamless, readers will think that the novel was written in English ... Segura's novel and his original voice are important additions to the Canadian canon."
Publishers Weekly "An adventurous, hypnotic read."
Ben Woodard, Numero Cinq "The book, originally written in ... Read moreFrench, is about a Chilean-Canadian man who has returned to his native country to bury his father. Perhaps this international hopscotch begins to describe the magic I felt when opening Eucalyptus ... a beautiful book."
A Geography of Reading "Briskly paced ... The short novel reflects on the vital relation of exile (from one's country, as well as one's past) to such redemptive modes as love, atonement, and belonging. The fulfillment of Alberto's quest to understand his father squares with Segura's strong affirmation of charity and compassion, virtues capable of healing troubled pasts."
The Montreal Review of Books "Ably translated, well-paced, teeming with interesting characters that often speak for whole chapters, and written in a prose that is both lucid and hallucinatory, Eucalyptus is a remarkable, thought-provoking novel with the accessibility of a page-turner."
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