Two Reviews of Dead Stars
July 30, 2014
The reviews continue to come in for Dead Stars by Álvaro Bisama!
Where Else Can You Find Álvaro Bisama’s Work in English?
July 9, 2014
As one of the best Latin American authors under the age of 39, Álvaro Bisama has won accolades in his native Chile, and across the rest of the continent. His third novel Estrellas muertas (Dead Stars) won the 2011 Santiago…
Review & Giveaway of Dead Stars at Booklover Book Reviews
June 23, 2014
Stop by the Booklover Book Reviews blog for a review of Dead Stars. Bisama’s writing (and that of translator Megan McDowell) exudes such intensity that at times a perceptive reader feels stunned, and must stop and reflect. Read the full…
Dead Stars Spotify Playlist
May 11, 2014
Dead Stars by Álvaro Bisama is full of musical references, from traditional Chilean folk music to punk. Jason has collected all the musical references in the novel into a Spotify playlist. Get Dead Stars for your favorite ereader so you…
Álvaro Bisama’s Dead Stars reviewed on Typographical Era
March 10, 2014
Our upcoming novel Dead Stars by Álvaro Bisama was recently reviewed on Typographical Era. Megan McDowell’s … clean, crisp translation of Alvaro Bisama’s … award winning novel Dead Stars is a bit like cutting into an onion. Like it or…
“Nazi Girl” by Álvaro Bisama reviewed on The Reading Life
March 6, 2014
In preparation for our late March release of Dead Stars by Álvaro Bisama, our friend Mel u over at The Reading Life reviewed Bisama’s short story “Nazi Girl” from The Portable Museum, Issue 1. …a thoroughly intriguing story set in…
Excerpt from “The Boarding House” by Mario Levrero
September 23, 2013
The Japanese man isn’t even my biggest headache; he pales in comparison to the scientist, for example—who succeeded, without the participation of the human male, in exciting an ovule with electricity, creating an abnormally large adult fetus that has been…
Big Bang Boom: A Brief History of the World’s Longest Explosion
September 15, 2013
by Gustavo Faverón Patriau translated by Lucas Lyndes This article first appeared in Spanish in Issue 3 of Buensalvaje magazine. It is translated here with permission. The history of the Boom is common knowledge. In 1962, Mario Vargas Llosa won…
The Twofold Search: An Interview with Javier Sáez de Ibarra
July 12, 2013
The award-winning short stories of Javier Sáez de Ibarra (Spain, 1961) have established him as one of the more interesting and adventurous writers currently working in the genre, in Spanish or any language. We recently had the pleasure of exchanging…
The Portable Museum, Issue 2 reviewed on By the Firelight
June 16, 2013
By the Firelight recently reviewed Issue 2 of The Portable Museum. The second volume of The Portable Museum is another interesting collection… Read the full review here.