winner of the 4th vs. award – ernesto sampaio, 2025

the year the locusts ate presents itself as a reading journal in which three voices intertwine and sustain one another: the voice of an original manuscript; the voice of a narrator who comments on it; and the voice of the quotations that nourish and substantiate it. in a consistently restrained and elegant tone, bonneville traces the psychic movements of these distinct registers, shaping a hybrid work that is as rigorous as it is seductive. the book is driven by an impulse towards displacement, which the author themself articulates as follows: “the aim is not to win, but simply to reach another dimension.”

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