This unsettling story by Angélica Gorodischer begins with one of a parent’s worst fears: a child molester sees a young girl playing alone in her garden and begins to talk to her. The six or seven-year old in the story knows the rules (don’t talk to strangers!), but the smooth-talking man appears to have little difficulty in winning her confidence. Fortunately, just as it seems he will have his way with her, she manages to turn the tables and exact a cruel and fitting punishment. Themes include pedophilia, temptation, crime and punishment, justice, redemption.
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