Between the real and the surreal: Felicity Volk on ‘Lightning’

2 May 2013 Books+Publishing

Reviewer Max Oliver described first-time author Felicity Volk’s book Lightning (Picador) an ‘ambitious, finely written novel’ that tells the story of ‘two outsiders finding each other’. He spoke to the author. Your publisher is categorising this novel as ‘magic realism’. Was this your intention when writing the book? I’m not...