Fires, then, a plume of cane, a cliff riddled with holes, rock-stains, chemicals, rain, irrigation waters, human excrement–terra incognita. A dried-up delta. A special territory, special association. Up there I can never take you; we will never be alone together there. Where will you be? Where will we go? I’ll go wherever I’ll find you. In a word, we’ll lose ourselves, Charlotte.
From Balcony of Europe
An extramarital romance between two expatriates living Spain is the central plot in Balcony of Europe and Aidan Higgins derives much of the dramatic heft from these two character’s efforts to get some time together as well as their visions of a life together, however implausible. Romance is crucial to Balcony of Europe, but Higgins has much more in play in the novel, which I will get into with my review of the novel.
