Daniela Catrileo: Chilco
A lyrical reckoning with land, love, and loss, Daniela Catrileo’s debut novel Chilco, translated by Jacob Edelstein, is unsettling, beautiful, and full of quiet rage.
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Antonio Di Benedetto: The Suicides
With The Suicides, NYRB Classics and Esther Allen have brought us Antonio Di Benedetto’s complete Trilogy of Expectation.
Antonio Di Benedetto: The Silentiary
This week NYRB Classics is publishing Antonio Di Benedetto’s 1964 novel, The Silentiary, translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen. This is a fantastic follow-up to Di Benedetto’s masterpiece, Zama.
César Aira: The Divorce
We have a new Aira book! His 2010 novella The Divorce, translated by Chris Andrews, has just been published in English by New Directions.
Roberto Bolaño: Cowboy Graves
It’s not just a curiosity! Here are my thoughts on Roberto Bolaño’s Cowboy Graves, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer.
César Aira: Artforum
Today a perfect book is being published by New Directions. César Aira’s Artforum is a comical lark with a deep soul. Katherine Silver’s translation is wonderful, and I highly recommend the book in these dark times.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez: The Shape of the Ruins
Paul review’s Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s The Shape of the Ruins, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. This book was recently longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
César Aira: Birthday
Trevor reviews César Aira’s 2001 novella Birthday, the latest of his books to be translated into English, this one by the great Chris Andrews.
Javier Cercas: The Blind Spot: An Essay on the Novel
Paul reviews Javier Cercas’s The Blind Spot: An Essay on the Novel, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.
César Aira: The Linden Tree
Trevor looks at César Aira’s 2003 novella, The Linden Tree, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. This is the most recent of Aira’s works to arrive in English.