‘Elena Knows’ by Claudia Piñeiro: A Revealing Tale of Chronic Illness and the Toll It Takes
Elena knows that her daughter, Rita, did not commit suicide and is intent on finding the culprit, even if her... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Alelí’: A Father’s Death Sends His Heirs into a Downward Spiral in this Uruguayan Comedy
In the opening scene of Alelí (2019, dir. Leticia Jorge) a notary reads out loud the details of a sales... Read Article
‘Dead Girls’ by Selva Almada: A Chronicle of Femicide
On November 15, 2012, the Argentinean parliament passed a new law inscribing femicidios (femicides) into the penal code, deeming them... Read Article
REVIEW From Queen of Socialites to Outsider: ‘The Good Girls’ is the Flipside of Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’
The screen remains blank during the opening voiceover of Las niñas bien (2018, dir. Alejandra Márquez), while the protagonist, Sofia... Read Article
Hugo Burel – El Club de los Nostálgicos
“Whether you like it or not, the only safe place out there is the past” When people ask me for... Read Article
Fernando Butazzoni – Las Cenizas del Cóndor
“In Uruguay during 1974 almost anything would be preferable to being interrogated by the army” (p. 441) As so often... Read Article
Héctor Abad Faciolince – El Olvido Que Seremos
“It is one of the saddest paradoxes in my life. Almost everything I have written has been meant for somebody... Read Article
Mario Delgado Aparaín – No Robarás las Botas de los Muertos
The infamous ‘War of the Triple Alliance’ (1864-1870) constitutes a watershed moment in the history of South America. The Brazilian,... Read Article
Rita Indiana – La Mucama de Omicunlé
“Do I have two bodies or does my mind have the capacity to transmit life in two different channels simultaneously?”... Read Article
Roberto Bolaño – Los Detectives Salvajes (The Savage Detectives)
“Our situation is unbearable, stuck between the empire of Octavio Paz and the empire of Pablo Neruda” Los Detectives Salvajes... Read Article
Hector Abad Facioline – El Amanecer de un Marido (The Dawn of a Husband)
“(…) life would drag forward, enveloped in its own inertia” (p. 205, my translation). A woman who dates somebody looking... Read Article
Arturo Pérez Reverte – La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South)
“It is the government’s fault, boss. If there was no government, no politicians, no Americans above the River Bravo, Mexico... Read Article