If Freud had a sister that was writing about the security of young girls in Ecuador, perhaps that piece might have turned out close to Jawbone. Or alternatively, perhaps this book is like the setting of Lord of... Read Article
“The Hummer flew backward, wiping out one of the men. It crashed back to earth and burst into flames. The artillerymen had time to calmly reload the bazooka and retake their position. The second shot blew up the... Read Article
Reviewers of Aphasia by Mauro Javier Cárdenas described the book as “innovative”, “monumental”, “a vibrant modernist novel” and one that will appeal to “fans of Latin American fiction that navigates the bleeding edge of experimentation”. These phrases from... Read Article
Isabel Allende was born in Peru and raised in Chile. She now lives in California. Following a career in journalism and exile in Venezuela, she published her widely acclaimed novel The House of Spirits in 1982, which paved... Read Article
Carolina de Robertis was a winner of the Stonewall Book Award, the Reading Women Award, a Lambda Literary Award and was a Kirkus Prize finalist for her novel Cantoras. She has translated Latin American and Spanish literature into... Read Article
As a lawyer in training myself, I might already try not to take portrayals of legal professionals too seriously. Given Mercedes Rosende’s Crocodile Tears is a black-comedy and a self-deprecating, partial critique of the police institution and of... Read Article
It is remarkable that I would emphatically describe Slash and Burn (Roza tumba quema) by Claudia Hernández, translated by Julia Sanches, as having a quiet and unobtrusive style, for a book that tells of a twelve-year-long civil war: principally,... Read Article
An online launch event for The Past is an Imperfect Tense, hosted by Latin America Bureau and supported by Sounds and Colours, will be held online on 29th October 2020. “What did we know about adoption? Nothing, absolutely... Read Article
A book with a cover almost as beautiful as its content, A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende follows two Catalonian-Spanish refugees who settle in Chile, and the extraordinary lives they build there. Roser and Victor... Read Article
There is an age-old nature vs. nurture debate, but Laura Restrepo’s The Divine Boys makes a persuasive case to scrutinise another factor: the environment created by toxic masculinity. Set in Bógota (with a breezy vacation to Atolaima), the... Read Article
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara is one of the leading figures in Argentinian literature and a prominent feminist intellectual. The Adventures of China Iron is published by Charco Press and translated by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh. The Adventures of... Read Article
