Tag Archives: Annie McDermott

Not A River by Selva Almada translated by Annie McDermott

Posted on April 11, 2024 by mandywight

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 →

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This Wound Full of Fish by Lorena Salazar Masso, translated by Annie McDermott

Posted on August 1, 2023 by mandywight

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 →

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Loop by Brenda Lozano, translated by Annie McDermott, Charco Press

Posted on January 26, 2021 by mandywight

This fresh, witty, and irreverent voice has given me such a lift in hard times, and even seen me laugh out loud. Loop’s narrator is a young woman writer and office worker living in an apartment in Mexico City with … Continue reading →

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Dead Girls by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott

Posted on December 18, 2020 by mandywight

This book is an account of the author’s investigation into three femicides in Argentina in the 1980s and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the issue of gender based violence. Selma Almada is an acclaimed writer of fiction … Continue reading →

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