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Andrés Barba

Andrés Barba: Such Small Hands

August 25, 2017August 17, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

The starting point for this strange little novel by Spanish novelist Andrés Barba was a ghastly game in a Brazilian orphanage in the 1960s. Trevor takes a look at Barba’s Such Small Hands, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman.

Categories Andrés Barba, Book Reviews Tags 2000s, 2008, Spanish 1 Comment
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