Antonio Muñoz Molina: Like a Fading Shadow
Paul reviews Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Like a Fading Shadow, translated from the Spanish by Camilo A. Ramirez. This book was recently shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
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Andrés Barba: Such Small Hands
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.
Javier Marías: Thus Bad Begins
Trevor reviews Javier Marías’s most recent novel, Thus Bad Begins, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
César Aira: The Proof
Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Proof, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. New Directions published this in a twofer that includes Aira’s The Little Buddhist Monk.
César Aira: The Little Buddhist Monk
New Directions has just released a new book containing two new-to-English novellas by the great César Aira: The Little Buddhist Monk and The Proof, each translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. In this post, Trevor writes about The Little Buddhist Monk, which he considers to be one of the best Aira novellas in years.
Samanta Schweblin: Fever Dream
Lee reviews Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, and recently placed on the Man Booker Prize International Prize longlist.
César Aira: Ema, the Captive
Trevor reviews César Aira’s early novel Ema, the Captive, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews. Read the full post.
Antonio di Benedetto: Zama
Trevor reviews Antonio di Benedetto’s Zama, translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen. Read the full post.
Yuri Herrera: The Transmigration of Bodies
Trevor reviews Yuri Herrera’s The Transmigration of Bodies, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman. Read the full post.
Andrés Neuman: The Things We Don’t Do
Trevor reviews Andrés Neuman’s collection of short stories, The Things We Don’t Do, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia. Read the full post.