The Accidentals - Guadalupe Nettel Unjustly deported to Devil's Island

Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'état in December 1851

Superbly translated by Sophie Hughes

the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries

Translator: Megan McDowell

Their stories unfold through an exchange of letters that reveal with great poignancy the thoughts

The Accidentals - Guadalupe Nettel Unjustly deported to Devil's IslandWhen an albatross strays too far from its home, or loses its bearings, it becomes an accidental, an unmoored wanderer. The protagonists of these eight stories each find the ordinary courses of their lives disrupted by an unexpected event and are pushed into unfamiliar terrain: a girl encounters her uncle in hospital, who was cast out of the family for reasons unknown; a menacing force hovers over a fracturing family on a rural holiday; a couple and