Marcela Valdes | The Nation

Marcela Valdes

Marcela Valdes

Marcela Valdes, a board member of the National Book Critics Circle, last wrote for The Nation about Alejandro Zambra.

Articles

Unmanageable Realities: On César Aira (Fiction, Books and the Arts)

Varamo is the latest novel-in-translation from Argentina’s slipperiest living writer.

Seed Projects: The Fiction of Alejandro Zambra (Regions and Countries, Fiction)

Does Alejandro Zambra's Bonsai mark the end of an era in Chilean literature?

Alone Among the Ghosts: Roberto Bolano's '2666' (Regions and Countries, Fiction)

Roberto Bolaño's last novel, 2666, is his most profound exploration of art and infamy, craft and crime, the writer and the totalitarian state.

Windows Into the Night (Essays, Non-fiction)

The collected nonfiction of Roberto Bolaño is a treasure trove filled with straw and dust, jewels and gold.

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Rules of the Game (Regions and Countries, Fiction)

A fresh translation of a Portuguese classic offers a poignant portrait of a country's decline.

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