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New Los Noveles Is Available
Edition number 34 of Los Noveles is now on-line. I haven’t had much time to read it, but it does look promising with a mix of fiction and essays.
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The Maid – A Review
The Maid is one of those claustrophobic movies that seldom roams into varied locations and keeps to one character almost all the time, yet feels open and finds in the littlest of actions an expansive...
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Jorge Volpi Wins the Debate-Casa de América Prize
El País reports that Jorge Volpi won the Debate-Casa de América prize for his work El insomnio de Bolívar. From the description it sounds very interesting, a little like News From the Empire. All I...
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Zoetrope All Story: The Latin American Issue
I finished reading Zoetrope All Story: The Latin American Issue a week ago and have sometime to think about the quality of the stories. Before I start, though, I must say it was a pleasant surprise to...
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Emilio, los chistes y la muerte, By Fabio Morábito in Letras Libres
Letras Libres reviewed Emilio, los chistes y la muerte, By Fabio Morábito recently and for those who like to read fiction as much for the style as the story it looks like an interesting book. If you...
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José Emilio Pacheco and Elena Poniatowska in La Jornada
There is an excellent, if writterly, appreciation of José Emilio Pacheco in this Sunday’s cultural supplement in La Jornada. It is certainly worth a read if you have an interest and know Spanish....
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Ednodio Quintero Profiled in El País
El País profiles Ednodio Quintero on the publication of his book Combates, a collection of his short stories written between 1995 and 2000.While the stories do not appear to be magical realism, they...
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Spanish Language Lit Blogs: Vote for Moleskine Literario as the Best Spanish...
The Revista de Letras is holding a contest for the best Spanish Language lit blogs. You can vote for Moleskine Literario, but the real point of this post is Revista de Letras has a good list of Spanish...
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The Flying Fish (El pez volador) by Hipólito G. Navarro – A Review of the...
EL PEZ VOLADOR Hipólito G. Navarro PAGINAS DE ESPUMA, 2008 Occasionally when you begin a short story collection it is quickly apparent that you are reading something masterful where each story shows...
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Granta’s Young Spanish Writers, Neuman, Solano, Roncagliolo on The BBC
Andres Neuman, Andres Felipe Solano and Santiago Roncagliolo were interviewed on the BBC about their work and their take on Latin American Literature. It is a brief interview, but interesting to hear...
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