Marcela Valdes

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

Unmanageable Realities: On César Aira

Unmanageable Realities: On César Aira Unmanageable Realities: On César Aira

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

Apr 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes

Seed Projects: The Fiction of Alejandro Zambra Seed Projects: The Fiction of Alejandro Zambra

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

Jun 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes

Alone Among the Ghosts: Roberto Bolano’s ‘2666’ Alone Among the Ghosts: Roberto Bolano’s ‘2666’

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

Nov 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes

Windows Into the Night Windows Into the Night

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

Mar 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes

Rules of the Game Rules of the Game

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

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes

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