Literary Fiction · DarkAfter a school massacre by her 15-year-old son, Eva writes letters to her husband about their son
We Need to Talk About Kevin
A mother writes letters to her husband about their son after he commits a school massacre
Eva Khatchadourian is the mother of a teenage killer. Her 15-year-old son, Kevin, has carried out a school massacre, and she writes a series of letters to her husband, Franklin, about their relationship and their son. She still lives in the family's hometown, near the facility where Kevin is held. The book was published on April 14, 2003 and was adapted as a 2011 film directed by Lynne Ramsay, with Tilda Swinton.
More about this book
Who
Eva Khatchadourian, who writes the letters, her husband Franklin and their son Kevin.
World
The family's hometown, where Eva still lives near the facility that holds her son.
What makes it different
It is told entirely as letters from the mother to the father.
Feel
Disturbing and intense.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- We Need to Talk About KevinWikipedia