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Volver la vista atras- Retrospective by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, translated by Anne Mclean.
This most recent novel by Juan Gabriel Vasquez focuses on the life of Colombian film director Sergio Cabrera. The frame story is Sergio’s trip to Barcelona, where a retrospective festival of his films is taking place. Just before the festival … Continue reading
Not A River by Selva Almada translated by Annie McDermott
Not A River, shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize 2024, is the final novel in a trilogy about masculinity by Argentinian writer Selva Almada, following on from Brickmakers and The Wind That Lays Waste. The International Booker Prize recognises … Continue reading
Women in Translation Month 2023
It’s the last day of August and Women in Translation Month, like the summer, is drawing to a close. Inevitably, I’m casting my mind back over this month’s reading and wondering what it’s all been about: what did I choose … Continue reading
The Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada translated by Chris Andrews
I enjoyed Selva Almada’s non-fiction book Dead Girls a while back, so decided to spend some time this Women in Translation Month with her novel The Wind That Lays Waste. Dead Girls so effectively describes the vastness of Argentina, its … Continue reading
This Wound Full of Fish by Lorena Salazar Masso, translated by Annie McDermott
This powerful short novel is set on the Atrato river in Western Colombia. It’s the story of a journey taken by the narrator and her little boy from the town of Quibdó down river to Bellavista. It’s the story of … Continue reading
The Farm by Hector Abad, translated by Anne McLean
Héctor Abad’s 2014 novel The Farm, like much Colombian literature, has a strong sense of place. (I’m thinking The Lucky Ones by Julianne Pachico, set around Cali, Pilar Quintana’s Atlantic Coast novel La Perra, Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s La Forma de … Continue reading
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The German Room by Carla Maliandi translated by Frances Riddle.
Published by Charco Press and translated by Frances Riddle, whom I greatly admire ( Elena knows, Our Windowless Home), this short novel by Argentinian writer Carla Maliandi has been a kind of appetizer for me in this Women in Translation … Continue reading
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