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New Spanish Language Fiction of Note for Spring
El Pais has a two post overview of the new and noteworthy books of spring. There are some big names, probably the most famous is Javier Marias and Jorge Volpi who has had three early novellas reissued...
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Alejandro Zambra Interviewed in El Pais
El Pais has an interview with Alejandro Zambra that is more a brief history of his literary life, than a deep analysis of his works. (I supposed this is how newspaper articles always go.) They touch on...
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Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra – A Review
Bonsai (The Contemporary Art of the Novella) Alejandro Zambra Melville Hose, pg 83 In someways I thought Bonsai was quite interesting, and brevity, one of the defining features of the book, should be...
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Alejandro Zambra Disusing Formas de volver a casa
Canal-l has a Spanish language interview with Alejandro Zambra, one of the more well known Granta youngsters. In it he talks about the novel excerpted in Granta, and why he writes and what he wants...
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The New Boom: Latin American Non-Fiction?
I actually don’t like terms like the Boom, but El Pais had an interesting conversation about a new collection coming out from Alfagrara: Antología de crónica latinoamericana actual. (You can read an...
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Is The Center of Spanish Language Publishing Returning to Latin America?
El Pais had an article recently about La Feria del LIbro de Buenos Aires and a group of Latin American authors who gave their thoughts on where the power base of Spanish publishing is. Historically it...
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Alejandro Zambra Interviewed in El Pais – How the Cost of Books Shape His...
El Pais has an interview with Alejandro Zambra on the publishing of his book of criticism, No leer, in Spain. What is interesting about the article, especially in context of some recent articles...
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Bonsai – The Movie of Alejandro Zambra’s Novel – A Review
While I thought Bonsai was well written and showed some inventiveness, I thought it was a little juvenile at times. Still I was curious how such a literary novel would be turned into a movie,...
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Alejandro Zambra Interviewed in El Pais
El Pais has a decent length interview with Alejandro Zambra. It is worth checking out to get a sense of what animates his writing. —Sí, claro. De ser un niño muy teórico e inteligentoso, la literatura...
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Thirteen Crime Stories from Latin America – A Review
Thirteen Crime Stories from Latin America McSweeney’s No. 46 McSweeney’s 2014, pg 270 Maybe I just don’t like crime fiction? I don’t read much of it. Perhaps reading this collection was a mistake for...
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