The Guardian Reviews Purgatory by Tomás Eloy Martínez

Tomás Eloy Martínez’s last book Purgatory  has been published. “It sounds like another good book. The Guardian has the review: A superb political reporter, Martínez perfected in his novels the blending of strict journalistic fact with the devices of fiction. He said that he had learned the craft when, in the late 60s, the exiled [...]

Bolaño Short Story at the New Yorker

There’s a new Bolaño short story at the New Yorker. Via

New Cuentos para el andén Featuring Stories from Luis Mateo Díez, Jesús Ortega and Matías Candeira

A new issue of Cuentos para el andén is out, featuring stories from three authors I have never heard about: Luis Mateo Díez, Jesús Ortega and Matías Candeira. The last issue was enjoyable and I liked the idea of supporting short stories with a free quick read magazine.

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Hacerse el muerto (Playing Dead) by Andrés Neuman – A Review

Hacerse el muerto Andrés Neuman Páginas de Espuma, 2011, pg 138 Andrés Neuman, one of the 20 selected by Granta last year, is one of the best of the group of the writers and Hacerse el muerto (Playing Dead) a collection of 30 stories is ample proof of that. Although little of his work has [...]

Words without Borders Raising Kick Starter Funds for Mexican Drug War Issue

Words Without Borders has a Kick Starter campaign going for an new issue about the Mexican Drug War. This is going to be a great opportunity to read some of the authors in Mexico who are addressing the topic.Since the Drug War is somewhat recent as far as the translation process goes, not too much [...]

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The Girl on the Firdge by Etgar Keret – A Review

The Girl on the Fridge Etgar Keret Farrar, Straus and Grioux 2008, pg 171 Etgar Keret’s work is often marked by a sense that one is in a slightly different reality. It isn’t surrealism, just a place where you might be able to buy for 9.99 the meaning of life. In the stories of Keret [...]

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Good-Bye

Good-Bye Yoshihiro Tatsumi As often as I read graphic novels I often feel there is something lacking, the story perhaps, or maybe the characters, but I think it is the drawings themselves. They draw on traditions or images that once were pulp with little to say and the visual connection between the two weakens the [...]