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CultureApril 10, 2012
Unmanageable Realities: On César Aira
Varamo is the latest novel-in-translation from Argentina’s slipperiest living writer.
Marcela Valdes
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FictionJune 17, 2009
Seed Projects: The Fiction of Alejandro Zambra
Does Alejandro Zambra’s Bonsai mark the end of an era in Chilean literature?
Marcela Valdes
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FictionNovember 19, 2008
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.
Marcela Valdes
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Non-fictionMarch 13, 2008
Windows Into the Night
The collected nonfiction of Roberto Bolaño is a treasure trove filled with straw and dust, jewels and gold.
Marcela Valdes
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FictionNovember 15, 2007
Rules of the Game
A fresh translation of a Portuguese classic offers a poignant portrait of a country’s decline.
Marcela Valdes