A mother-daughter trip to Japan turns into a memory journey through unsettled memories. With allusions and suggestions of impressionist nature, Cold Enough for Snow by Australian-based author Jessica Au was a minimalistic, although too short - 90-page length - read.
There is no plot or proper story, but memories within memories prompted by the encounter. There is not too much proper communication between the two, not the expected empathy that you may show as a mother towards your child you haven´t seen in a while or as a child towards the mother you haven´t see in a while. The encounter itself creates the context for unclear memories and unsettled endings.
It enfolds as an episode, as the fragment of a dream, as a memory of the memory. Sometimes, as the angle of the story is changing, there are details added, that are soon after abandoned due to the next shift of memory.
The writing is seamless and powerful, and from the beginning to the end it was a full immersion, with many hours of afterthought afterwards.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered by the publisher in exchange for an honest review
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