La comedora de pecados

"Now the invisible is already visible. Now you can hear what was not heard. The sins of your flesh become sins of mine, and I will take them to the grave in silence. Speak." These are the words that May hears every day from her teacher, the only sin-eater in town. After the confession of the dying man, she devours the food presented to her, thus atoning for the faults through her entrails. The eater is a cursed woman, who cannot speak, whom she cannot touch, who does not meet glances. She is a woman who comforts the rich and poor, also in palaces, where the most sinister crimes are hidden. And young May, now an apprentice, will soon take on her unfortunate role. In The Eater of Sins, Megan Campisi manages to transport us to 16th century England, to the most enigmatic Renaissance, full of superstitions and rituals, at the hands of a fascinating heroine.