The Melting

Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence … Lize Spit raises the tension and accelerates the suspense until reaching a dark and majestic ending … She knows no fear. It is we, the readers, that are left trembling. – Leïla Slimani * Le Monde *The Melting is like a long-range missile that at first only casts a dark shadow as it flies overhead, apparently without causing any damage, but then strikes its target with calculated precision. * De Standaard *So good you can hardly believe it’s a first novel. * Information *Fascinating … Terrifying, dark, both foreign and familiar, this first novel leaves a taste of delicious unease. * L’Express *Engrossing, elegant, terrifying. A perfect literary thriller. – Catherine Lacey

Lize Spit gained a master’s degree in screenplay writing and has also written prose and poetry, published in several magazines. In 2013 she won both the Jury Prize and the Readers’ Prize at WriteNow!, a prestigious writing competition. Her debut novel The Melting was published to widespread acclaim, became an instant bestseller and has been sold in ten languages. She lives in Brussels.