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The Future of the Spanish Novel is in Translation?
El Confidential had one of those yearly articles about the Frankfurt book fair that purports to gauge the trends in publishing. This year it is about the need to have one’s book translated. It is an...
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El último libro de Sergi Pámies (Sergi Pámies’ Last Book) by Sergi Pámies – A...
El último libro de Sergi Pámies (Sergi Pámies’ Last Book) Version del autor Sergi Pámies Anagrama, 2000, pg 139 Sergi Pámies is a Catalan short story writer, novelist and journalist whose work has been...
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New Collection of Ana María Shua Short Stories, Contra el tiempo, Edited by...
Páginas de Espuma recently published a collection of short stories from the Argentine writer Ana María Shua. What caught my interest is Samanta Schweblin, one of the short story writers I mention on...
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Short Story Writer Juan Eduardo Zúñiga Profiled at Lecturas Sumergidas
The fascinating site Lecturas Sumergidas has an interesting profile and review of Juan Eduardo Zúñiga and his book, Misterios de las noches y los días. Zúñiga is little known in the English speaking...
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New Collection of Stories from Spanish Writer Eloy Tizón to Be Published
Eloy Tizon one of the main points of reference for the modern Spanish short story will be publishing a new collection of short stories. Paginas de Espuma will be the publisher. This is good news. I was...
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Tirza by Arnon Grunberg – A Review
Tirza Arnon Grunberg Open Letter, 2013, pg 471 There are some books that are good, but just not good to you. Arnon Grunberg’s Tirza falls into that category for me. Despite the high praise and the...
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Javier Marías Has a New Book of Essays
Javier Marías has published a new book of 96 essays collected from several years worth of newspaper columns. El Pais has a brief review (which is convenient since the essays were written for El Pais)....
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The Portable Museum Vol 1 featuring Ortuño, Morábito, Bisama, Vila-Matas – A...
The Portable Museum Vol 1 Featuring Antonio Ortuño, Fabio Morábito, Alvaro Bisama, Enrique Vila-Matas Ox and Pigeon, 2013 Ox and Pigeon is a small press dedicated to publishing international literature...
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Horacio Castellanos Moya’s Newest Book Reviewed at El Pais
Horacio Castellanos Moya has a new novel, El sueño del retorno. El Pais has a brief review: Algún trasunto autobiográfico hay en su más reciente novela, El sueño del retorno. Como el autor, Erasmo...
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Augusto Monterroso Profiled at La Jornada
La Jornada has a brief reflection on the importance of Augusto Monterroso, the godfather of the micro story in Spanish. Augusto Monterroso le debemos tres libros esenciales para entender la historia de...
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The Portable Museum Vol 2 – featuring Uhart, Levrero, Sáez de Ibarra,...
The Portable Museum Vol 2 featuring Hebe Uhart, Mario Levrero, Javier Sáez de Ibarra, Dany Salvatierra, Juan Villoro Ox and Pigeon, 2013 The second volume of The Portable Museum is another interesting...
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Antonio Muñoz Molina Has Won the Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras Prize
Antonio Muñoz Molina Has Won the Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras Prize for his life long work as a writer. He is the first Spanish speaking author to win the prize since Augusto Monterroso (someone...
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Interview with Javier Cercas at El Confidencial
El Confidencial has an interview with Javier Cercas. He is an interesting writer whose work I have reviewed before. Y se agarró a la lectura, ¿pero cómo dio el salto a la escritura? Era lector desde...
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Quarterly Conversation Summer 2013 Out Now
The Quarterly Conversation Summer 2013 issue is out now with some interesting pieces. These in particular caught my eye: What Comes Next By Sergio Chejfec, translated by Jessica Gordon-Burroughs The...
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FBI Files on Carlos Fuentes Opened – A Dangerous Communist
FBI documents recently released show that he was considered a dangerous communist and that he should be watched. It isn’t surprising that this mischaracterized him that way, and at this distance seems...
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Spanish Writer Javier Tomeo Has Died
The Spanish author Javier Tomeo has died. Among other things, he wrote many short stories, something that caught my eye when his complete stories was recently published. I haven’t had a chance to read...
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Short Story “Proof of Innocence” by Andrés Neuman in English at Contemporary...
Contemporary Argentine Writers has a translated short story from Andrés Neuman, Proof of Innocence. It is a funny story and shows a different style of writing for those of you who’ve only read his...
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Short Story “Una partida” from Andrés Neuman at Ojo Seco
Ojo Seco has an unpublished short story from Andrés Neuman (Spanish Only). It is short, but quite good. Hacía casi diez años que mi amigo Riquelme y yo no nos veíamos. Nunca ha sido fácil coincidir. Él...
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Borges’ A Lecture on Johnson and Boswell Excerpted at NYRB
The NYRB has an excerpt from one of Borges’ lectures given in 1966. It is a lecture on Johnson and Boswell, although it doesn’t stop him from writing about particularly Borgesian preoccupations. It...
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Interview With Patricio Pron At Words Without Borders – If you like Madrid...
Words Without Borders has a very funny and caustic interview with Patricio Pron a man who despises Madrid. One might think he was from a different province by the sound of his voice. A must read if you...
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