Mira Kanehl

Peril unfolds in the historical fiction and magical realism novel A Half Flower in which Balzac Voclain, an angry, revolutionist doctor with inexplicable visions when someone dies, fights for freedom and justice. In 1816 Lyon, Balzac walks from primary school into an unexpected, gruelling spectacle at the city's main square: the beheading of his uncle in law. His anger draws him into one of the many political activist groups spawned by the French...