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HistoryOctober 4, 2022
Olga Tokarczuk’s Panoramic Novel of Jewish Poland
A work defined by its narrative elasticity, The Books of Jacob tells the story of a false messiah not through his eyes but through the vibrant and now lost world around him.
Ilan Stavans
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BiographyJuly 14, 2022
The Literary Games of Fernando Pessoa
Did Pessoa truly control his alter egos? Or did his creations, in many ways, control him?
Ilan Stavans
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HistoryMarch 24, 2022
The Dark History of Colonia Dignidad
The Netflix series A Sinister Sect examines not only the history of a German community led by a Nazi in Chile but also the relationship between Latin American governments and the far right.
Ilan Stavans
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Autobiography and MemoirFebruary 23, 2022
Claudio Lomnitz and the Vertigo of Translation
In his generations-spanning new book, the anthropologist tracks the story of Jewish life in Latin America through the travails of one family.
Ilan Stavans
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April 10, 2021
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FictionMay 15, 2003
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FictionJanuary 23, 2003
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FictionSeptember 19, 2002
Buffoonery of the Mundane
“Felisberto Hernández is a writer like no other,” Italo Calvino announced once, “like no European, nor any Latin American.
Ilan Stavans
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PoetryFebruary 14, 2002